My logo design made the main Obama campaign blog

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Thursday June 21, 2012 · 7:24 PM PDT

2012/06/21 · 19:24

Apologies if this is too short. But I've never had my work featured on Obama's main campaign blog before.

Here it is

Please vote for it.

I'm an Obama Campaign Runway to Win national finalist

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Thursday June 14, 2012 · 9:39 AM PDT

2012/06/14 · 09:39

I am one of 9 national finalists in the Obama Campaign #RunwayToWin challenge. Please vote for me here.

Runway to Win is a line of Obama campaign gear designed by notables like Vera Wang and Beyonce. For some reason, I'm on the short list to have my design added to this collection.

This simply does not happen to me.

Voting for me is like giving Michael Moore a modeling contract. Or Mitt Romney a record deal.

My idea of fashion involves smelling the outfit first, to make sure it's still OK to wear.

If I win, I get a production version of my shirt signed by Vogue editor Anna Wintour.

Normally if Anna Wintour and I were in the same room together, it means that one of us is about to be escorted out by security (that would be me.)

So vote for me here and help a fella out.

Today's fail

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Monday February 07, 2011 · 6:38 AM PST

2011/02/07 · 06:38

I listen to AM 950 KTNF in Minneapolis. I'm listening to Stephanie Miller right now. KTNF does these sponsored public service ads where they take something horrible like child abuse, say that it's bad, and then say "brought to you by." In this case it was a pool cleaner, followed by a number without the area code.

So a pool cleaner connected their brand with child abuse, gave out a number most people in the metro couldn't use, only has a "coming soon" website, and is advertising pool cleaning in MN in February.

And then we wonder why liberal talk radio isn't more successful.

¡Viva Grijalva!

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Wednesday November 03, 2010 · 7:59 AM PDT

2010/11/03 · 07:59

I was quite the promiscuous caller this election season. I targeted a number of toss-up races. Unfortunately, in most cases last night, the only thing I wanted to toss-up was my cookies.

See my track record below.

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Wednesday May 12, 2010 · 5:41 PM PDT

2010/05/12 · 17:41

That was the title of the email I just got from the White House.

"Oh no." I thought, "They're trying to fix us up."

OK, I know we're both single, and there's only a 3-4 year age difference, but I don't think a shotgun marriage this close to the hearings is going to make a difference.

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Monday May 03, 2010 · 9:57 AM PDT

2010/05/03 · 09:57

I just called Tom Emmer's campaign to see how worried I should be if he becomes the next MN Governor. I will give him credit, his campaign is very upfront about his beliefs.

Does he believe in evolution? No.
Does he believe in global warming? No.

He does apparently believe in environmental stewardship. I guess just not the greenhouse gas kind.

So I called the MN GOP:

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Friday April 23, 2010 · 8:47 AM PDT

2010/04/23 · 08:47

I just tried to donate to the Sue (chicken for healthcare) Lowden campaign. Admittedly, I was going to offer to donate a dozen eggs, and maybe throw in a ham. But I didn't even get that far.

More after the break.

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Tuesday February 23, 2010 · 7:34 PM PST

2010/02/23 · 19:34

I know, the answer is no. But good luck finding it on Google. Nothing but wingnuts. Can someone please help me debunk the video and questions below?

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Monday April 06, 2009 · 5:05 PM PDT

2009/04/06 · 17:05

Like many companies, my employer had a round of layoffs last December. By all rights, I should just take my tax refund and hoard it in case there's another round.

I didn't do that.

Many people would take the money, blow it on a vacation, and not have anything to show for it afterward.

I didn't do that either.

Instead I bought US made consumer durables. Specifically a mattress and a couch. Want details?

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Saturday March 28, 2009 · 12:28 PM PDT

2009/03/28 · 12:28

I just got a kid at the door for Organizing for America. He was really young, and was visibly shaking. Not sure if it's because he was cold or nervous. He wanted me to fill in a sheet to tell my senators to support Obama's priorities.

Here's the thing.

I already did it online days ago. I logged the results on the website. During the campaign I essentially donated a month's rent. I have more t-shirts than I know what to do with, and made more calls than I can count.

In short, how did I get on the persuadable list for Organizing for America, when I am so clearly already on board?

I kind of felt like I was wasting the poor kid's time.

My MLK Service Day

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Monday January 19, 2009 · 3:10 PM PST

2009/01/19 · 15:10

After Barack Obama declared MLK day a day of service, I invited my friend Margaret's kids to help me make birthday bags for the local women's shelter.

This way we would not only provide service to our community; we would help stimulate the ever important glowing rubber eyeball market, and help create jobs...in China.

Photos below. But first, to get ready, I surveyed a number of young children with the following question:

Monday is Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Do you know who he was?

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Thursday November 27, 2008 · 5:32 PM PST

2008/11/27 · 17:32

Well it's been a decidedly odd Thanksgiving. I'm thankful to still be on solid ground, but can see the precipice from here.

A bunch of folks at work got laid off a couple weeks back. I hooked some of them up through linkedin.com and promised to keep an eye out for openings, but no one really thinks that's going to happen. The only executive I can get on the phone is the "service executive" that answers when I call Comcast to reboot my cable box. If they answer, that is.

Mom and Dad have new unexpected neighbors: Palauan economic refugees. The kosher meatpacking plant in Postville recruited a bunch of Palauans and promised them 9 bucks an hour and free housing. Then the plant went bankrupt and the landlord turned off the electricity at the free housing. The Palauans gathered up their clothes in garbage bags and were out on the street. My parents' church's Thanksgiving donation is going to help out.

One of my co-workers from 10 years ago was working as temp help at the grocery store during the Thanksgiving rush. She swore everything was fine, but that can't be a good sign.

Anyway, it really hit home tonight. More below the fold.

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My logo design made the main Obama campaign blog

I'm an Obama Campaign Runway to Win national finalist

Today's fail

¡Viva Grijalva!

Metallel, have you met Elena Kagan?

Tom Emmer

OK Sue Lowden, don't take my donation

Is the census unconstitutional?

How I stimulated the economy

Organizing for America stopped by

My MLK Service Day

A very metallel Thanksgiving