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Joe the Attention Whore

Joe the Plumber, who became famous this past election for the job he doesn’t actually do and a name he doesn’t actually have, may run for Senate.

Republican Senator George Voinovich (What’s with political names this year?) will reportedly announce that he will not run for re-election. Joe (Samuel) has already expressed interest in Democratic Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur’s seat, and he’s also pretending to be a news reporter in Israel right now. So, when it comes to delusions of grandeur, the sky’s the limit for this plumber ( …?).

Of course, if Joe (Samuel) doesn’t actually win the election, that shouldn’t stop him from calling himself Joe the Senator. Either way, he’s voting to give himself a raise.

Schadenfreude the Pick-Me-Up

Wednesday. Hump Day.

It’s the middle of the week, which means you’re halfway through work, but you still have a whole half week of work in front of you.

Mornings like this need a steamy cup of Schadenfreude to send you screaming like a Viking berserker into the office for three more days, charging through expense reports or pouring mounds of sawdust on that kid’s puke.

(Schadenfreude is perfect for any economic class.)

Or perhaps you’re an almost-forgotten living campaign slogan that annoyed America for a whole month, contributing to the loss of your candidate. Now that the election’s over, you might try anything to get the country’s attention again, like trying to distance yourself from that loser.

Of course that’s not you. Nobody wants to be Joe the Plumber. (He should probably get back to work, you know, in plumbing, like a good taxpaying American.)

Mm, Schadenfreude: make it every morning’s shameful joy.