Its time for my wildly inconsistent blog post! First up, October!
October was very… Octobery! At work we decided to hold our monthly social as a Halloween party, and it was quite fun. Spending all day in costume at work? A plus in my book! Not very much work got done, though, haha! I went as a Mad Scientist:
Okay, so what am I doing right now? Well, I flew to Rochester, New York to visit mah Benjamin :3 Woot vacation!People kept telling me that 'onoes hurricane you don't want to go to gnu yerk!!11!1!!11' but you know what?

Now, on to politics:
I'm voting for Gary Johnson because a) I like his stance on a lot of important issues and b) said issues are ones that neither Romney nor Obama are willing to even acknowledge exists. Also, I hate how they forced Ron Paul out of the running, because I think Obama is ineffectual and can't keep his word, and Romney is a yes-man who can't seem to stand up for what /he/ believes in*. Having a major third party might draw enough of the vote that it encourages cooperation (to stop one of the three parties from acquiring majority power) and we could end up more balanced overall. I know Gary Johnson almost certainly won't win, but you have to play the long game. If nobody votes for someone because nobody thinks that they will win, of course they won't. Its called the tragedy of the commons. My vote is only wasted if I don't vote at all.*I mean, honestly I could respect Obama if he would actually do what he said he would do before he got elected, but he hasn't. And I could respect Romney if he were willing to answer the damn question of what /he/ believes in, but too many times he just avoids the question, or says that he has to talk to his constituents before he can answer. Also, women full of binders, and Obama's pregnancy. Yeah :|I now have an iPhone 5. After running an Android device for two years, I can honestly, unbiasedly say this:Goddamnit Android get with the program!

Also, this:

+1 for elephants.
This blog made my day.I voted Johnson for the very reason you stated.
Hey cool, I'm voting Johnson too!
Lol @ the elephants.Yay mad scientist! This blog is awesome.So if Romney wins because third party votes took away Obamavotes, I can blame you guys? awesome
I love how if the third party is more rational it only takes away from the democrats, really says something about republicans.
I don't know of any system where you get to vote for 2 candidates, archaic or not.
@FerretActually liberatarians get votes from both sides, but this election they are worried about obama voters because of the marijuana issue.Ah I had heard of that before, I just didn't remember it at the time. I still wouldn't call the USA system archaic though, our biggest problems have more to do with the voters (or nonvoters) themselves.
That system sounds very nice.
Instant-runoff voting wouldn't make any difference in the US because it's so two-party anyway (although that said, Bush wouldn't have won in 2000 if there had been IRV, but considering he effectively won by ~500 votes that shouldn't be especially surprising).
that awkward moment when foreigners know more about your previous elections than you