Joe Chapman

There's not more news now than there was when we were kids. There's the same amount from when it was just Cronkite. And the easiest way to fill it is to have someone's opinion on it. Then you have an opposite opinion, and then you have a mishmash of fact and opinion, and you leave it the least informed you can possibly be.

• Do your homework
  
• Plan on voting even if you are frustrated
  
• Do not be a one-issue voter
  
• Think about how much character should weigh in who you vote for
  
• Prioritize what you, in good conscience, think are the most crucial issues–and evaluate the candidates on the basis of those priorities
  
• Be smart enough to see when a candidate is not being honest or forthright about his or her views
  
• Don’t just vote on gut instinct. Think, evaluate, discuss, pray before pulling the lever

• Saying "I do."


• Spending three days with my brother. Being on opposite sides of the country really sucks sometimes.


• Having a birthday cake at the wedding reception - Ami, Ita, Nikki and Shani all celebrated their birthdays that night, and we had the four of them cut the cake together.


• Elvis. We didn't tell anyone except than the photographer that he was coming to the reception.


• Not dying on the way home... but that's a story for another entry.