writes coco: “[about a year ago,] while visiting home (charleston — south carolina’s lone bastion of remote liberalism) — i left my ‘is it 2008 yet?’ sticker-adorned car in san francisco’s outer richmond district for friends to babysit. upon my return, my friend presented me with this note, which had been left on my windshield [...]

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it’s the question of the day: have you voted yet?
if NO, please consider the following (from campaign field offices in “fake virginia” and philadelphia) before heading to the polls.

if YES —  why not celebrate your participation in the democratic process in the most american way possible: buyin’ stuff!
related: herbie goes to washington

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joe six-pack in san francisco never actually got this note, because our own passive-aggressive pit bull secondsout swiped it from under his windshield wiper. again, my understanding is that he recused himself,  but i don’t want to talk about that: i’d like to talk about energy.

and also, too, under the umbrella of job creation, therefore:

related: [...]

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you say you’re politically engaged, but do you know where your candidate stands on…vanity license plates? are they:
a) a bombastic example of the first amendment in action
b) a potent symbol for the reductive nature of america’s two-party political system
c) unwise at any speed
still undecided? take a look at the tags rachel has on her car [...]

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kendall was waiting for her peach perfection at the jamba juice in elmhurst, illinois when she spotted this note on the napkin-holder. writes kendall: “i guess it’s their passive-aggressive way of saying, ‘take fewer napkins, a**hole!’”

a tip for would-be internet meme-mongers: as of this writing, algoreknowshowmanynapkinsyoutake.com is still available. (what are you waiting for? apparently, [...]

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writes an anonymous submitter in houston: “a neighbor in my building put up an obama yard sign on the door of her apartment around the time of the texas primary. when it disappeared, i assumed she took it down herself.” then up went this note — a cheerful bit of propaganda that oh-so-subtly disproves all [...]

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it was a “killer busy” week at the office, so gord in ontario admits that he and his coworkers left the place in a certain state of disarray. (such is the wont of “creative professionals.”) unfortunately, the boss chose that weekend to pop in to give some people an impromptu tour. on monday, these adorable [...]

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