Kowabunga

What a day! My original plans were to spend Saturday afternoon at the Bush Campaign HQ for Minnesota. It is a good thing that my schedule was flexible. It turns out that the NARN, while subbing for Hugh Hewitt on Friday night, announced plans to show up at Bush HQ to work the phone banks. Their take was "if we can do it, so can you." To be followed by adult libations afterwards. This sounded like a good plan to me, and figured I could show up for that.

As fate would have it, duty called. Big problems with some database servers, so I spent most of the morning working, and then a couple of hours pounding away on my website, listening to the NARN, so showing up at 4 P.M. was the best plan.

Bush HQ put me to work on a "mailer" campaign. Not actually a mailer, but putting labels on door hangers that the "knockers," volunteers going door-to-door, could hang on door knobs as a reminder to vote and where their polling place is located. Actually, a darn good idea for anybody new to their neighborhood. This was a fun opportunity as the group I was working with could socialize while we worked.

After two hours of this, six o'clock rolled around, which seemed pretty quick, which just goes to show that time flies when you are having fun. That's when the NARN came over to say hello to us, as they were in a different office working the phones.

Time for beer. I headed over to a pub just down the street for suds and grub with a couple of the NARN and another volunteer, where we had a good long chat about the impending election, blogs and radio shows in general. It turns out that Mitch Berg, of Shot in the Dark, and I have a mutual friend: Patrick Garofalo, who is running for my districts State House seat, and one of the few Republicans to be endorsed by the Star Tribune.

After chowing down, and everyone was going their separate ways, I decided that since it was early, I would head back to Bush HQ and do some more work. There was a new bunch of folks getting these door hangers ready, and the staffer that was in charge, Allison, gave me a welcome back and put me right back to work, sticking those labels on the cards.

Next thing I knew, it was 11 P.M., well past the time I figured I'd say for, and definitely time to call it a night. It was a good way to spend an evening, actually had a blast. And I plan to put some more time in before this election is over.