I just got a text message:

“Barack asks that you give to the Red Cross: give 5 dollars by texting GIVE to 24357 or give more by calling 1-800-435-7669 or at redcross.org/donte. Please fwd”

So apparently it’s ok that I call him Barack.

I was going to make a bunch of jokes here about how he must have misread my last post etc, but given that I don’t take Gulf Coast Hurricanes lightly, I find that I mainly just want to get the word out. If you can help, please do. There’s still a lot of need even though Gustav wasn’t as bad as was feared.

For those readers of this blog who are down there: Hang tight. Looks like Gustav petered, but here comes Hanna.

In terms of the tone of the text from Obama, I have to say that there’s something about the “Barack asks that you…” that makes me think I drank some cool-aid somewhere along the line.

This is a weird post. Deal with it.