I did something different yesterday.... I volunteered at the local Obama headquarters.  I made outbound calls to folks that at some previous time, and I'm not sure where or how, but were pegged as "undecided" for the November election.  Out of hundreds of calls, I only spoke to maybe a half a dozen.  Most were friendly, one just said "we aren''t interested"... one was so accomodating he even provided his wife's cell phone number.  The  call was brief, i asked if they had decided who they would support for president, senate and congress... and if they considered themselves as republicans, democrates or independents... one guy just kept saying he thought he'd vote for himself!!  Another told me that yes, he had made up his mind, but he preferred to keep that to himself.  One woman was aware of who Obama and McCain were, in fact she supports Obama, but she wasn't certain of the men running for senate and congress...she shared, "that's okay,my husband knows their names...."  which if you know ME, it almost sent shivers down my spine!

As Christopher knows, I'm not one to argue politics, but the interesting thing to me was 1) how many people don't answer their phones in this day and age of caller id, 2) how they are willing to chat politics with a stranger, and 3) just how cool it is to just get out and talk to different folks... its true folks, it's not a hugely cerebral blog i'm posting here, but it was the first thing that came to mind. 

Also, is anyone out there interesting in reading Thomas Friedman's new book?  I think I'm going to pick it up and wanted someone to toss ideas about it back and forth.  The title is HOT, FLAT and CROWDED, Why we need a Green Revolution.

more from Roanoke... later.