“Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards” - George Orwell

Today my son turns 8. I'm in trouble friends!

Today was all about Preston. He got some lovely letters from his Grandparents and Great Grandparents, his own Minecraft account,  a huge Lego set, and a sweet DS game.  Today was a good relaxing day and it was nice to see such joy on his face.  Besides that, Julianne and I put most of the hardware back on the play fort, and I prepped the rusty parts for a new coat of paint.

Today I learned that Oregon has made it an opt-out process to register to vote when you get your driver's license, vs an opt-in process that it is in Kansas and Missouri. This was one of those "Why didn't we all do this before?" kind of ideas. Whether you believe it is a civic duty to vote, or a civic responsibility it hurts nothing for you to be automatically registered to vote. It's horrible that busy people take time out of their day to go vote, just to be told that their registration has expired. I think this is a great first step for the people of Oregon, so I wanted to send this to my governor and state congress people and urge them to do the same.  Done!

I then learned that even if they wanted to follow suit, in Missouri, It won't be until the next year to even be able to introduce a new bill. The next earliest time to introduce a bill would be December 1, 2015 with a cutoff day of 60 days after the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January of 2016 (in this case, February 6th, 2016). Since bills can only be introduced by congress people, you at the very least need someone to sponsor it.

Since Missourians have voted Republican last cycle, and Republicans benefit most from low voter turn out, I have a suspicion that my urging will fall on deaf ears.