Like many of you, a lot of things in my life have received a lot less attention from me than normal, and I blame this dad-burned election; it's taking up way too much of my time. My wife claims I'm obsessed.
I wondered about that...am I?
So I've pulled together a quick self-diagnosis quiz: 10 easy questions that will help you determine if you're truly obsessed, or merely intensely interested.
Top 10 Ways to Tell If You're Obsessed with the Campaign
#1) Your TiVo's season passes are now 100% programming from MSNBC, The Daily Show, and The Colbert Report.
#2) Your reason for staying up way too late every night has changed from "finding out the new Woot offerings" to "finding out the new Research 2000 daily tracker results."
#3) When your child/nephew/niece/grandchild asks you to play Stratego, you insist on using the blue pieces.
#4) You feel pretty good about your retirement savings because you went "all in" on Obama when he was still at 51% over at Intrade.
#5) You defer sleep/sex/food in order to write pithy/urgent/snarky diaries on DKos.
#6) You've entertained the idea of moving to one of the "battleground" states sometime before the 2012 election.
#7) It takes you twice as long to mow your lawn because of the extra work associated with removing and replacing all your political yard signs.
#8) When you spot a McCain-Palin bumper sticker, you try to catch up with the car so you can see what kind of person could possibly vote for them.
#9) Your campaign contributions in 2008 have surpassed your total charitable giving in 2007.
#10) You're angry whenever you get a Republican robocall NOT because it disrupts your evening, but because there's nobody on the other end to debate the issues with.
Did I miss any?