Weight of the World - Ok, I know, I know, it's been a long time of nothing from me. But with the U.S. election being only 2 days away I felt like I should write something. A curious thing has been happening over the last month. It started out as an occasional thing but has really picked up over the last week. It seems as though various Canadian co-workers and friends have all virtually had the same 2 questions:

1) "Did you send your absentee ballot out yet?" and

2) "Did you vote correctly?"

The first few times this happened, I chuckled and heartily replied with an enthusiastic, "Yes!"

But, after the first two or three inquiries of this kind, I began to notice something rather unusal. None of the people asking me these questions were chuckling with me. Heck, they weren't even smiling. In fact, they were as serious as serious could get. It was then that it dawned on me. The hopes (and fears) of all these folks were resting on me, the person they knew had a shot at having some impact, no matter how small, on the U.S. election.

I can't help but wonder if U.S. citizens still living in the States understand to what degree the rest of the world is holding its collective breath. And more importanly, if they did, would that increase the chances of them voting for Obama?