Rhyme the Vote.

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You knew it was coming.

(maybe? you guessed?)

A political rhyme—

by special request.

Not slanted one way

or another please note.

My point? The jist?

Just GET OUT AND VOTE.

The great thing ’bout elections

is all of the stuff.

It’s creative. It’s SILLY.

(who’s hotter?! That’s tough!)

It’s tasty. Indulgent.

It’s cleansing to boot.

The stuff can be RANDOM.

though some of it’s cute.

The bottom line message?

Just Do It! Just VOTE.

Get involved. Take advantage.

(put down the remote…)

yes, People, as much as I am entirely, totally and unabashedly nagging you to be sure to take advantage of the fact we CAN VOTE—my treat of the week has nothing to do with the electoral process and isnt limited to the USA.

(*cue confetti shaped like international flags*)

The treat is, for me, the antitheses to this time of information bombardment no matter *how* important I believe it is.

You can be entered to win the meditation DVD for the lowlow price of a comment below.

On anything.

This friday we are all about mixing the votenagging with the mellowness. We’re nothing if not an enigma.

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  1. This week, I gave my kids in PE this lesson….to pass on a smile and/or a thank you to those who have helped them this week. I’m really doing it for all of us-me included- in hopes to calm them before going back to class.

  3. It’s a Bank Holiday on Monday in my part of the world and I’m heading off with the hubby and gang of friends for the weekend so it’s mellowness all the way for me!! 🙂 Life is good.

  4. I’m happy to say that I already voted! My husband and I received are ballots via the usps. We filled them out and sent them back! Done!!! 🙂 I think they should send the little “I voted” sticker so that I can wear one too come November 4th!~

  5. hey! looking at the outta whack alignment of the comments.

    That’s pretty much how I look this morning as well.

    on the voting thing I always find it weird/odd that where I live we can early vote.

    Im all done with the election process (in that way) and yet friends and family across the USA havent even had a chance to cast their ballot yet.

    M.

  6. This is the first year that I’ve voted early and it does make me wonder how many people vote early and how that whole thing works! I’m thinking a lot of people must do it because I haven’t been able to find a parking space at the library all week.

  7. I’m not voting early. I wanna stand in line and experience the whole thing! My 40 year old brother is voting for the first time this year.

    Gotta go make breakfast for the kids now…hope they don’t harsh my mellow…

    🙂

    Still entertaining, Miz?

  8. I’m ALWAYS entertaining, Marianne (rimshot!)

    And I did stand in line.

    I had the honor of exercising my right to vote by standing in a long line at a grocery while the Toddler pointed at strawberries & shrieked:

    I want dis!

    (Which is totally what I did when voting. Pointed at my dude’s name and hollered: Dis one! Dis one!)

    M.

  9. I’m not sure my little community had the option to vote early…it’s okay; I got no time to stand in line. I’ll be voting 11.4 with my village people…*cue music*

    I’d love mellowness this weekend, but I get to drive my loving mother 90 miles to a bridal shower. And I suppose I’ll need to bring her back. I want to take the interstate; she’ll want to go the back roads. My way – 1 hour 30 minute; her way- 3 hours. Ummmm, we’ll be taking the I. I’ll need mellowness after this. So I’ll go to the gym.

    Have a nice day.

  10. A comment about anything?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! News from KS this morning…….

    IT’S COLD! The temp is 36 with a high today of 53 and more rain………so a wet cold! My house is 64 which feels too cold in the morning but I am trying to conserve a little so when the real cold hits we aren’t spoiled……..so I’m sitting here in thermals and a hoodie drinking my coffee which I microwaved after I poured it from the pot just to make it even hotter. Can you tell I don’t like the cold?

    My day: Head over to my Grandma’s this morning to help her with her shower, then 4 of my sister’s kids are coming to play for 2 hrs and eat lunch. I will take them home at nap time and then maybe I can nap myself ;)…….or clean!

    Happy Friday!

  13. I always used to vote absentee ’cause I loved to know nothing could come up and make it difficult on election day.

    But now that were small town residents in a new state, I really wanted to go to the polls in person, to part of the whole thing.

    It helps that virtually everyone here will be voting the same way. Oh wait… the lines…

    But it’s worth it. The stakes are high this year.

  14. AMEN IZZYBETH.

    Hence the links for both parties and the ‘electoral process’ video.

    Now.

    Topic change (& I may twitter this as I never know if people have time to read comments….):

    Can you hear TAPS playing in the background?

    That, oh Bumbling Band, is for my laptop.

    Ren Man just hollered that it’s pretty much FRIED.

    So no— I’m not reading your blogs today (anything great happening in your neck o’the ‘net? Feel free to shout it out in the COMMENTversation) & and *no* I have no back up plan.

    My question:

    *love yer laptop? Was it cheap, light, not pricy, have a battery better than my dell behemoth possessed toward the end?

    Gimmie your suggestions please.

    Miz, who would adore a Mac but can’t afford—-so Mac-zealots? Save your love 😉

  15. This will be my first year that I will be able to legally vote, and I feel so honored that I get to put an input into what the future of our country!

  17. With cookies and soap, who could NOT want to vote?!

    Meditation is good stuff. I’ll be cooking up a storm this weekend (hurray, new cookbook!) and meditating along that way, I’m sure.


  19. that was the political joke of my youth (my parents? very. cool. people.), Leah!

    (cue moviemontage memory scene)

    M.

  20. I’m teaching myself to knit, in the hope it will bring future mellowness. Right now I’m working on completing 3 whole rows of stitches before things get so whacked I have to tear them out and start over. It’s been a good lesson in patience for me!

  21. I find it annoying that I am not allowed to vote – being that I’m Canadian – but all my colleagues can and during the last election, hardly any of them voted!!! I was nagging them to get out and vote…but most couldn’t be bothered!! How frustrating! I told them that if they didn’t know who to vote for, ask me and they can use my pick as their vote. Nope, just laziness and lack of responsibility…pathetic!

  22. I’m heading out to early vote over lunch! I’ve volunteered to campaign for my candidate several times already, and I want to be free to help out on election day!

    seekatyrun – enjoy the knitting! There is a lot of help on the internet if you need it (including video tutorials).

  23. I actually read the comments (sometimes I skim the first 3-7 and then jump to the bottom). I’m just wondering…will I ever get the YMCA song out of my head? (someone talked about village people up there). Hey, at least it wasn’t a song I didn’t like 🙂

    Happy Friday!

  25. This is one giveaway that I could totally use right now. I’ve tried meditating over the years and just could never seem to get the hang of it. Maybe a DVD could help?

  26. oh no! not the beloved laptop! i’m a mac user… but it also got paid for by a grant, so i was not the one that had to shell out.

    about the vote? right on izzybeth!

  27. who is this grant & how do we git him to pay?

    M., who knows she hath matured as she *used to* only want people to exercise their right to vote if they were voting for ‘her’ candidate

  28. Don’t have time to read all the comments.. but got to the point where your laptop is fried and i have to say that I love our Mac! Love. Small. Portable, slick looking…very handy. take it everywhere.

    Also, yes I will vote by standing in line.

    Thank God its Friday.

  29. Who is voting today??? I just checked online and we have no votes going on today. Nothing until the big November 4th! Did I miss something? I always vote!

  30. panic not.

    It is a prod for those who CAN vote early (we can in TX) to do so & a reminder of the upcoming date for those who dont/can’t.

    And soap.

    You know, so we can LATHER the vote.
    M.

  33. My dell’s freaking out right now, although one of the good things about dating a rocket scientist (his masters is in aerospace engineering, meaning that my dad calls him a “rocket scientist” to his friends) is that I can point at my Dell and yell “FIX IT!”

    He’s got an acer, and it’s pretty good (I hijacked it when my laptop started fighting with me)

    And we’ll be voting on 11.4.

  34. Meditation sounds great…I miss my yoga magazines which are piling up in my best friend’s dorm room while I’m away from the US.

  35. My hot button issue! We have a right and a duty to be informed, engaged citizens and to vote. It is wonderful that so many more young people, and people in general, are involved in the process this election. I’ll be early voting and then watching election coverage into the night on November 4. Thanks Miz! Happy Friday!

  36. i already voted absentee in my home state, and i’m signed up to be a poll worker for my district.

    this political stuff gets me psyched. haha.

  37. oh and laptop suggestions …
    i have a sony vaio that i like. other people i know have dells and HPs that they like but i don’t know what specific type they are.

  39. I’ll be at the polls on Nov. 4 at 6 am! I like to get my vote on early and rock the I voted sticker all day. 🙂

    And I sooo want the giveaway. I used to be good about meditating, but I’ve fallen off the wagon. This would give me the heave-ho to get back on.

  41. My suggestion… DON’T BUY ANOTHER DELL. They are crappy (as I sit here writing on one that keeps making noises like it is going to die). I’ve had an HP for over four years now, and yes, it weighs a ton, but it’s still working. And not making funny noises.

  42. I’m voting for Tweedle- dee, cause 8 more years of a Tweedle-dumb is more than I can stand!

    Hopefully Florida can vote this year without a big mess!

  43. I am so excited to vote! I love getting into the booth, pulling the curtain shut and clicking the lever…BLUE is my favorite color 😉

    GET OUT AND VOTE!!!

  44. “M. who knows she hath matured as she *used to* only want people to exercise their right to vote if they were voting for ‘her’ candidate”…

    Really? You no longer feel that way? Hmmm… I am now wondering why I am still so immature. LOL.

    We actually did the family voting thing on Wednesday. Daddy is nicer and let Brother push the buttons. Me? I didn’t let any little Toddler fingers near my buttons. It was way to risky. 😀

  46. here’s me & my 2 cents again. I’m with Kikimonster. My work PC is a Dell and every day it goes absolutely insane-o on me. It’s starts whizzing & whirring and I swear to you that it sounds like it’s about to detonate.

    My HP lappy is my love. Never makes a peep & it takes some SERIOUS abuse.

  47. Im with you Melany and the Tornado was gentlyshoved aside as I wasnt risking voting for the wrong person the one not my choice.

    and shosh? my DEAR SWEET AMAZING STILL SHOCKINGLY SINGLE STRANGERFRIEND SHOSH? you make me laugh.

    M., who echoes the florida and raises you OHIO.

  48. PS

    THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR COMPUTER THOUGHTS. Im gonna cut and paste and compile and price and hold up against my bank account and may the cheapest, err, BEST lap top win.

    Michael? Oh fellow Austinite Michael Dell? you reading?

    Im open to sponsorship….

    M.

  49. Dr J, it’s going to be all about Ohio, I think. It’s a mess.

    I’m hoping for a big margin of victory that erases any doubt.

    I’ll be doing my part from afar 🙂

    Shelley

  50. I really thought when I clicked on that who’s hotter link it was going to have side by side photos of Obama and McCain. Or Palin and Biden.

    I wish I could meditate and didn’t leap up out of Savasana in relief whenever I practice yoga. I even dropped out of a free Transcendental Meditation study (learning that shiz is expensive, and I could have unlocked the mystery to enlightenment if I’d stuck around). But it just seemed so unnecessarily…time consuming. Siiiigh.

  51. love how you are rocking the vote with your mad rhyming skillz!

    my fav part about all this election informatin overload………snl skits! tina fey is tooooo funny as palin!

    off to the pumpin patch are we.

    happy friday everyone!

  52. as much as I cannot WAIT for this election to be over with, I am a little sad that I might not get my weekly fix of Tina Fey as Sarah Palin anymore. Weird, yes?

  53. OK THIS CRACKED ME UP:

    I am a little sad that I might not get my weekly fix of Tina Fey as Sarah Palin anymore.

    Might we take that, Oh WO MOMMY, as your prediction with regards to the winner?

    freudian slip?

    and some LOVE sent out to Stuperb.

    I adore when I link someone and then acknowledge the link and I *adore* when I link someone and they jump into the commentversation.

    Miz.

  54. i am envious of the political frenzy my u.s. neighbours (oops, neighbOrs) get into around election time.

    sure, up here in Canada, we get lawn signs, and a small percentage of people get loud about voting..But you know how you can just tell when you are watching a movie which ones are Canadian made (not just made in Canada) and which are American? Our politics are the same, IMHO. Sort of..faded, muted, not quite as polished and SHAZAM as the U.S.

    I think alot more people on this side of the line would be more interested (and therefore VOTE) if we didn’t have to be so dang humble and non shiny all the time.

    I wanna go vote in YOUR election and i had to be dragged kicking and screaming to voting station lol!
    xo

  57. I won’t be voting on Nov 4. I have to absentee vote because I’m an election judge. So if I can arrive at my polling place at 5 a.m., leave at 8 p.m. (no lunch break), go to the election board office and turn in my precinct’s votes, then finally go home and crash about 9 p.m., you can take 10 minutes to cast your vote.

    Was that too preachy? Cuz this REALLY matters to me, can you tell?

    Oh, and computers: I know that my (mac) was refurbished, which saves a lot of money. I think most of the major manufacturers do that. And my Toshiba lasted for six months. So I wouldn’t go there if I were you.

    (hello random number generator? this is the number you need to choose for the meditation DVD. seriously. CHOOSE MY NUMBER. I’m meditating on that right now.)

  58. How do you do it, Mizfit? The creativity, the links, the rhyming, the humor, the mighty power to invigorate your gentle readers…okay, the espresso in my drink is kicking in…getting a little psycho intense…meditation might be good for me (or a straight jacket).

    Vote! Exercise your civic muscles!

  59. *sits and stares at awe at Miz’s rhyming/linking talent*
    I second, third and forth this – get OUT AND VOTE!! Remember: No voting, no b*tching privileges.

  60. if only that were a career. my rhyming I mean. it’s the ole IM SO GOOD OFF THE CUFF BUT IF WE HAVE DAYS AND WEEKS TO POLISH? IM NO WHERE NEAR THE BEST.

    and what’s that career? (alltogethernow) Free style rapper.

    seriously.

    I even named myself the Semetic Sensation (but never found the courage to launch my street corner career).

    and in a YOU LIKE MEONTWITTER YOU REALLY LIKE ME (sally field? anyone?) here is the recipe you (the royal) emailed me in search of:

    MizFit’s Mishmashed Almost ‘Cakes

    1 cup egg substitute.

    1/4 cup cottage cheese

    1/4 Fiber One (original)

    1/4 cup dry oatmeal

    1/3 cup protein powder. ANY BRAND. Read the label. You can use FLAVORED but just remember we want LOW SUGAR.

    1/4 cup Sugar free syrup

    Blend the above Chickenbus in a blender and VOILA.

    Now, if youre me, you shall find that each time you make these the batter turns out a different consistency (what’s THAT about?).

    Sometimes it’s a bit too thin and Ill add flax seeds to thicken/too thick and I’ll dump in more egg substitute (pure protein, People!) or syrup (pure heaven, People!).

    You might prefer to add some honey or frozen/fresh fruit to sweeten and you COULD lessen the fiber & use 1/2 cup dry oats and skip the Fiber One.

    After the concoction is complete make pancakes as you would with any other (odd high protein) batter.

    (I like to use a waffle iron every now & again for some texturizing variety.)

    Go forth and find your blenders.

    M.

  62. Already voted. Does that mean they can STOP CALLING ME about voting? Please.

    I’m on my 3rd HP after using 2-3 Dells. (laptops do not last me longer than 36 months. Rarely that long). Dells are supposed to be getting better and their CS is supposed to have greatly improved.

    My suggestions: whatever you do BUY THE EXTENDED WARRENTY. It pays for my replacement battery every year and when the HP fan (which is a major problem with the HPs) becomes defective and fries some componant, the warrenty covers. Only thing that I believe extended warrenties are worth using for. laptops.

  63. i think I’m gonna do the early voting thing next week, even tho part of me loves the idea of going Nov 4 with all the people and being patriotic. I just fear the lines will be crazy…but I will be voting, fo sho!

  64. It’s kinda cool feeling this year as we will be voting as a whole family. My 3 kids are all voting in their first general election and we decided to go together Tuesday night. Diner and spirited discussion will follow. 🙂

  65. I think I’m going to go meditate about voting….or is that missing the point of meditation? Hmmm……maybe I need the freebie….

  66. I’ve always wondered….do you make up your own rhymes? Does it take you a long time? I love reading them and sometimes set them to tunes of songs in my head (weird?).

    A post about the upcoming election and this is the profound comment you get from me. 🙂

  68. I’ll just copy and paste from my own blog this morning……

    “The prime rule of reality is that we must become in our lives, what we choose to experience in the world”

    Have a great weekend everyone.

    Marc

  69. I already voted by mail…but I am hosting an election night party (obama-rama anyone?) and will have some healthy snacks out for us and some friends to enjoy as we watch all the results come in 🙂

  70. Yes, please vote! Early voting now through Halloween!

    Then meditate, meditate, meditate until it’s all over so I won’t be holding my breath and keel over!

  71. Holly? you totally made my day with this:

    I’ve always wondered….do you make up your own rhymes? Does it take you a long time? I love reading them and sometimes set them to tunes of songs in my head (weird?).

    Im SO pretending that you are so dumbfounded by their awesomenessment that you cant believe theyd come from me.

    alas, yes I do.

    and even more Seriously Can Someone Tell Me How To Harness This Trait I do the majority of them with my thumbs while ambling with the Tornado and then shoveth in the links when Im at the computer.

    it’s a blessing and a curse.

    ask Ren Man. Im confident he is sick of them….

    M.

  72. 1. I love that so many people are getting involved in this election.
    2. I live in Oregon, where we vote by mail only. It’s fun! You can do your research as you vote at your kitchen table if you haven’t made up your mind yet, instead of writing candidate names in code on your hand as a cheat sheet.
    3. I’m going out to the beautiful wineries to enjoy the fall colors and wine, glorious wine tomorrow! What are you doing this weekend?

  75. At least we can finally say that the election will be over soon. In Canada we’re only allowed to campaign for like a month before the election. I swear I thought the american election would have been done by last year!

    I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THAT, Randi!! The one monthish campaign. anyone else not know?

  76. Your cakes? Hurlicious! No WONDER they dragged your ass to IHOP!

    Laptop? My low end Acer lasted 18 months. Buy the best you can. NOT a time go to cheap. I have a Dell Vostro, and like it. ASK if you can get XP (unless you’re already a vista victim), because replacing all that software? BIG suck of money and life.

    Got my 5K down to 31 minutes. It was not pretty.

  77. OH.
    NO.
    YOU.
    DIDNT!!!

    Marianne I KNOW you did NOT diss my protein cakes. they are AWESOME.

    Voted Best Protein Pancakes in my house in Austin 7 years running!

    you need to come over for breakfast…

    M., who is still proud of your running time even WITH your lack of pancake support

  78. Mizfit- Could not agree with you more. GET OUT THERE AND EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS PEOPLE.

    Thanks for the kind words on my blog. Your awesome!

    Matt

  79. During the Clinton era, I worked with a young associate and we’d have spirited Red vs. Blue discussions. When he left our firm, the country turned Red and he was VERY Happy. Since then, he has called me after each election to gloat. Something tells me he won’t be calling this year.

    nam-myoho-renge-kyo on a Friday afternoon.

  82. Fun rhyme, as always!

    Truly, I’ve pretty much done a 180 on the voting decision. It wasn’t hard to do after the debates started. And, I don’t think I’m alone in this flippage. At all. And I think it’s gonna be a landslide.

    I just hope he makes a difference.

    Anywho, one of my other blog friends Lori bought a laptop at BestBuy at a big discount. I bet you can get some deals at this time of year. Surely they are desperate for sales, since no one is spending any money any more. Good luck!

    And I printed the recipe. Cannot wait to make it this weekend. Hope you all enjoy some family time on Sat & Sun.

  83. Laura, wow! I haven’t seen too many people admit to changing their minds, especially this year. That’s great – and not just because you support ‘my’ candidate.

    I think the ability to review evidence and then reverse course is a sign of a flexible & intelligent mind. More of us should try it. Kudos to you!

    Shelley

  85. I will definitely be voting!!! I even voted in the last election even though I knew the guy I voted for was going to lose my state. Oh well :o/

    P.S. You are SOOOOOOOO lucky to live in Austin; that’s one of my all-time favorite places!

  87. In my state (WA), or is it just my county???, everyone does the mail in thing. So not only am I going to vote, but I already have. I love how I screw up all those people that spend the boatload of money on the last minute advertising. I can officially ignore all of it now (like I wasn’t before…)

    Since you said we could comment on anything we wanted, I feel like sharing that I am flirting with the last bunch of ounces to get myself under 200. woo hoo. I hate to vote and run, but I need to reach my goal and all….

  88. I’m so voting! This has been the longest campaign in history, lol! (I REALLY hope there’s no re-count this time around, I don’t think I could handle it.)
    Have a great weekend!

  91. Apparently there are record numbers of voters in the US this time ’round!

    Go you Americans you!!

    There are so many things I love about America- but the wide range of sweet and very cold treats like of Oreo frozen yoghurt is not one of them!! Nothing like a limited range to keep you on the straight and boringly narrow!

  93. Andrew? seriously?!

    Id no idea.

    Miz, who has a whole lot more to learn about the world’s election processes.

  95. I am glad to see andrew as I was wondering if I were the only male member of the Bumbling Band.
    I live in Chicago—any chance to meet up?

    a bumbling band meet up perhaps??

  97. I live in Chicago—any chance to meet up?

    way to steal my thunder, Evan (wink).

    I shall call it a preview of coming POSTractions as Im sure many will miss this comment.

    the answer? YES.

    the deets? To be announced.

    you offering to host?
    M.

  99. did you mean MEDICATION brooke? 🙂

    and yes I would be there for a MizFit Meetup in Chicago!!!

    Evan

  103. yeah, Im saying it People.

    not only did I do this giveaway AND write a magazine article on beginners meditation this weekend I actually (drumroll):

    MEDITATED.

    The Ren Man & the Tornado reaped the benefits.

    M.

  104. I’m so glad that everyone in this country is getting involved in both partisan and nonpartisan ways.

    I’ll just add that VOTING IS SEXY.

    Go Team-America! “Exercise” your right to vote.

    g

  105. Still catching up…

    DH and I had a conversation this morning about the election, which is sort of rare – I tend to avoid discussing politics whenever possible, particularly as he and I usually DON’T agree on things. This time around, however, I feel a sense of urgency. Wonder why? 🙂

    I’ll admit I’m a bit jaded about the election process, but I do vote. I’ve always believed that if you don’t vote, you can’t complain. And you know me, I love me some complaining. 🙂

    V.

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