Blogger Burnout

It’s been a very unexpected 2 months of popularity. We’re on the cusp of hitting 1 million hits for the blog. This has come at a toll of all parties involved as we’ve been straining to keep up the blog while also switching hosts and creating a new design.

Add all of this with the election and you have your protagonist on severe blog burnout. I think I’m going to scale back for the next couple of days and refocus my energies on redesigning the blog and churning out quality over quantity.

Timothy Lim (a.k.a. Ninjaink)

The artist of the day is Timothy Lim [ deviant art ]. Though young, Mr. Lim has roared onto the geek-art scene with a rousing series of film noir style movie posters. Here are some favorites:

Swingin’ Spider-Man by *ninjaink on deviantART

With the recent election, Mr. Lim has also been using his art to lend his support to his candidate of choice, John McCain:

While we at PBH disagree with the politics, the dedication and artistic mastery of Mr. Lim is commendable.

The Morning After

Bible Spice… I can’t quit you..

See Also: Fiscal conservative, Sarah Palin…, The Odd Truths About Sarah Palin I: Saks Appeal, Final Update to Palin as President, Newsweek: The viper McCain took to his bosom, Get out and vote, Republican Circular Firing Squad of Flying Attack Monkeys, An Avalanche of Foibles, Palintology: Just 12% Want Her As Nominee In ’12? (Only 18% Of GOPers?), and GOP – In Search Of A Moderate Leader?

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My Country, Right or Wrong

“My country; and my country is the great American Republic. My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.” – Carl Schurz

The House Representative In My District Is Determined By 31 Votes

Why voting matters: Though I currently live in NYC, my family lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, where Republican incumbent Virgil Goode has been the congressional Representative for what feels like forever. Virgil Goode has quite the history on him, mostly race-baiting and saying pretty awful things about gays and Muslims, so some of us were really hoping he would be getting the boot in 2008 with the popularity of Barack Obama and Mark Warner (former Governor and soon to be Senator of Virginia).

My Dad usually votes Republican/Third Party, my mom votes straight Democrat, and I begrudgingly vote Independent/Democrat in most elections. Well, things changed this year… I guess we all got fed up with Bush and the past 8 years, enough so to drive a centrist-right person like my Dad into a straight Democratic ticket.

Good timing too, because this was the year to clean house. And while no polls showed Goode’s challenger, Democrat Tom S. P. Perriello, coming within 5%, we all were hoping for some sort of election miracle. And it looks like we may have gotten it:

As of 3:31 the day after the election with 100% precincts reporting, Perriello is ahead by 31 votes. Yes, with over 315,000 votes cast, Tom Perriello is ahead by 31 votes.

I’m really glad I voted. And I’m even gladder that my whole family voted. Mom, Dad, and I constitute 10% of Perriello’s lead. And I hope it stays that way.

See Also: Watching the Goode/Perriello tally, Virgil Goode Down by 31 Votes, VA-05: Nailbiter, Re-Count for Goode?, Recounts to Watch, and The Drawn-Out House Vote-Counting Battle to Come.

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