Style: a quality of imagination and individuality expressed in one's actions and tastes - Webster's II.

Tomorrow, every of-age citizen gets to express their style - regarding which candidates have captured their imagination the most - and vote for those candidates.  What a wonderful thing.

So here on Monday, November 3, What is Making Me Crazy?  Anyone who's not going to express themselves by getting out and voting.

I heard on the news this morning that 30% of the population has already cast their ballots.  That's huge!  As for me, I'll be one of the many, up at the crack of dawn tomorrow, in line with friends and neighbors to vote.

And I can't help but think about the infamous 2000 election, when we didn't know for awhile who had won.  During the time the election was contested, I went out shopping one day.  In one of the stores, I started talking to a young man who was helping me; and he told me where he was from (a country with a history of volatility.)  He marveled at the behavior he was witnessing in the US and said, "This is a great country.  No one's rioting, the army hasn't come out.  In my country, the military would have already taken over."

WOW - if that doesn't make you feel like a chump if you don't get out and vote, I don't know what will.  We take for granted the (usually) smooth and peaceful process that takes place every four years.  But still, with each election, we hear about a large percentage of folks who haven't bothered.  I agree with popular opinion that this year, we're probably going to see one of the largest turnouts ever.  And that's a great thing.  So whether you're backing Obama or McCain - vote.

Express your taste - show your individuality - exercise your right as a citizen.  Show your style!