I should probably say this more often: I don't really know what I'm talking about. Everything I write on this site is just an opinion, and frequently an ill-informed one at that. Sure, I think I can offer decent advice about what mp3 player you might like to buy. But it's just one guy's take. Next to the authoritative luminaries of the blogosphere, I am but a mote.

Almost. There is one thing about which I feel fully qualified to hold forth: The Simpsons -- at least when I can draw on the collective knowledge of my friends. Now the internet's arguably biggest blogger has decided to opine on which character on the Simpsons will be outed as gay in the coming season. He's wrong. Let's go.

and you better damn well vote to make sure it gets here okay.

do you know the pathetic statistics about voting, especially concerning people of our age (and my gender)? well, i actually don't know them either. but i'm pretty sure they are BAD. there were about twelve 18-24 year olds who voted in the last election, and one of them was a chick.

it's only the end of july, so i'm giving you ample warning before the fateful day of november 2nd: if you don't vote, you are officially Not Catherine's Friend anymore. i'm not even joking. if you can't take five minutes today to register and then go to your polling place when it's time to pull the lever, don't expect me to talk to you ever again. now, i'm not actually sure that the loss of my stellar companionship is enough to convince people to vote for the candidate of their choice, so i'll add an extra incentive: if you don't vote come november...i dunno. i'll kill you. or something bad. i'll kill your dog. catherine: the new mafia.

anyways, please please please, if you're not registered right now, please go and do it. if you think you might be registered but you're not actually sure if you ever registered in that boring AP government class, go and do it. if you live abroad and aren't sure how to go about it, here's the link, so go and do it. don't know where you can get an absentee ballot or how it works? done and done. so go and do it.

remember: do your job as a goddamn american citizen. cast a vote. or your dog dies.