Two random items, courtesy of my kid and my subscription to People

Random Item One

I died a million little deaths when I picked up Miss O from school today. She clambered into the car and said "Hey, mama! I LIKE McCain."

If my Obama yard sign disappears during the night, I know who to blame. 

I also know where to look, having found all of her hiding places during last weekend's Great Purge. Mwahahahaha.

Thinking that perhaps she had been brainwashed by our neighbors and their big honkin' sign, I asked why she liked McCain. "Um, because. I just do. No reason."

And thus began the lecture on Why We Do Not Vote For Presidential Candidates Just Because. 

I think her eyes may have glazed over when I mentioned healthcare, and I'm certain she was completely unconscious by the time I hit taxes and the war in Iraq and a woman's right to choose. 

Random Item Two

Thanks to my new People subscription, I take a weekly wander down Lowbrow Lane. It's an interesting place, filled with celebrity gossip and ordinary people gone crazy and bitter folks who have nothing better to do than write letters to the editor about Clay Aiken's sexual preference and the Olsen twins' eyeliner habit. 

Nestled in among all that goodness last week was a profile on LL Cool J and his new clothing line. AT SEARS.

Do y'all find this as completely incongrous and hysterical as I do? 

I know, I know... Sears is supposed to be all hip now but to me it will always ALWAYS be the boring suburban store in the boring suburban mall that sold boring power tools and boring tires and boring butt-ugly clothes that my mom tried to convince me were what all the other kids were wearing. (Was that before or after they jumped off the bridge, mom?) 

Wonder where they'll put the new LL Cool J line? I so hope it's right next to the Land's End in-store boutique because you all know how much I love me some irony.