Guess which state had the highest percentage of support for McCain? It certainly wasn't his home state of Arizona. Not even North, South or Even Further South Dakota (Nebraska) could match the level of voting for McCain that our dear, beloved slack-jawed yokels showed last night.

Seriously? 2-to-1 for McCain? Let me know how that works out for you.

After a fantastic Sunday of agony and pain (and a trip to the emergency room), it appears that I have some kidney stones to pass. I can not describe the pain I felt -- words fail me. I had a very small stone about ten years ago that passed without much incident and it hurt like hell. Sunday's pain was one thousand times worse.

It makes sense that the pain was worse, as the stone is much larger (11 mm). X-rays and CAT scans show that I have at least six other stones in my kidneys as well. Seems odd that I could build seven stones in less than two years, as I was X-rayed and checked for them at that time.

SInce an 11 mm stone won't fit down the normal canals, I opted for lithotripsy to reduce the size of the stones. Lithotripsy is the application of ultrasonic sound waves to crumble the stones into small fragments. Sounds pretty simple, right? Unfortunately, it's fairly painful and requires anesthesia to make the patient unconscious, so it's more involved than in-zap-out. Since I can't be normal, I will require at least two sessions as they noticed an erratic heartbeat while I was unconscious this morning.

The most fun part of all is that to expedite the release of the stones, a stent is inserted into the bladder to maximize the opening of the canal. Yep, I have a tube running from my bladder to my junk, and I can feel it in there all of the time. Blood in my urine and a continual discomfort in my nethers -- what could be more fun?

This car has more sponsors than mine.

Deputy: VW Clocked At 115 Mph On Interstate 25

I'm embarrassed to say that I have driven faster than 115 on Interstate 25... albeit down south in a rural area.

The Denver Police have a local reputation for shooting first and asking questions later/never, so I'm not surprised to see the following story of an ABC reporter/producer being shoved into traffic, then arrested via the always-popular choke hold:

ABC Reporter Arrested

I've had a few run-ins with the DPD myself (but I have never been arrested) and have to say that the behavior they exhibit here is not out of the norm. It's their city and we're lucky they can't shoot you for holding a Diet Coke -- oh, wait... apparently they can.

So the Obama 08 campaign tells me to sign up early to be notified first when tickets to the big Acceptance Show are available and that will ensure a ticket will be mine. Now they tell me I can't go unless somebody dies or has some other plans. But, hey, won't you host a watch party at your house? It will be just as fun as being there. Really, it will.

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Apparently, I was not the only person on the waitlist who signed up for the "first come, first served" tickets within minutes of their availability: Rocky Mountain News, Westword. I find interesting the comments that claim that volunteers were baited with special all-access passes in exchange for volunteer work, only to find out they had to perform the work by a certain date that was announced after the initial sign-up. I can't understand why people were allowed to continue to request tickets if there were none left to be had.

This is not going to make the Democrats' job any easier by pissing off several (forty?) thousand locals.

One dollar is not even worth a dollar anymore!

Okay, on further consideration, this is only funny if you realize this widget defaults to showing foreign currencies in relation to 1.00 US dollars. When I looked at the widget today, it had changed to 0.97 and my first impression was that the dollar is not even worth a dollar anymore. But then again, I am easily amused.

I don't know what it means but it amuses me.