Okay, rare political post

I really hope that you (yes, you. YOU.) are registered to vote. It is embarrassing to me how many people never even bother to register, let alone vote. In voter turnout, America is 35th in the world [cite]. 56% of eligible voters participated in the last presidential election, which means almost half of us didn't vote. This is embarrassing.

Are you registered? Deadline's October 4th. Are you sure? Please check here. If it turns out you're not, that link will also help you fix that.*

I'm not kidding around here.

Anyway, in other news, this video made me laugh out loud at work. I haven't seen so many celebrity cameos since the David Duchovny video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vtHwWReGU0

* Edit: the previous link is paid for by the Obama campaign, but is the user-friendliest I could find and doesn't say anything about how you should vote, just gets you signed up. If you want the non-partisan (as if registration is partisan), more DIY version, try http://www.votersunite.org/info/RegInfo.asp

Snake on a cat

By popular request, ( Snake on a Cat (cut for multiple images and terminal cuteness) )

Snake on a Cat is brought to you by Purdy the cat, Eva the snake, and the very flexible Robin the housemate, who takes care of both and took all of these pictures while the entire arrangement slept on her lap.

No cats or snakes were harmed in the production of this cuteness, though Eva woke up rather hard when Purdy rolled over and Robin had to catch tumbling sleepy snake. But then they both went back to sleep.