SUPER-SIZE ME

Hey! Is the noise getting to you? Maybe I'm allowing my age to show, or my impatience, but I so look forward to the 5th of November.

The roar of wardrobe costs, robocalls, and Socialism will quietly fade away for a year or 2.

And we will then be left with....

The knowledge of "now we know." No more polls, no more pundits, a little less pandering. Welcome to your new normal.

Will it be quieter? Maybe, maybe not. But this election process, to me, has been an agonizing endeavor in its attempt to make us feel small.

And I've done small before. Didn't like it then, certainly cannot stomach it now.

So, how do we rid ourselves of small? Here's my list--feel free to add to it if you wish:

1. Don't talk down to me.

2. Don't try to scare me.

3. Don't throw God and Jesus in my face--I have my belief system that works for me.

4. Don't lie to me.

5. Have the balls to say "I don't know."

6. Don't feel the need to yell to get your point across.

7. Treat me the way you would want to be treated.

8. Leave your historical baggage out in the car--I don't need to be a part of it.

9. Don't tell me I don't love my country.

10. Respect our differences.

I'm sure there's more, but these are the ones that come to my mind in this moment.

Yeah, small works on Halloween when Mrs. Smith says, "Oh, you look so cute dressed as that bunny--here's another Tootsie Roll!"

Other than that, I can't think of a good use for small.

By the way, I never dressed as a bunny.