This post is about politics and free lunches separately.

Today I stood in line to do some late early votin’. For some reason I believed there would be a magical form for me to fill out at the end of this long line that would let me, Tarrant County voter, mark the ballot in Travis County. So I read my book and stood in line until I was halfway to the polls. This is when a lady stood up and yelled, “Everyone is registered in Travis County right? TRAVIS COUNTY.”

Hmm…again was I stuck trying to avoid looking silly. I figured there was really no way to discretely step out of line at this point so I closed my book, stepped out and never looked back. Sigh.

But wait!! There are free pita combos at Pita Pit. This will fill the empty void in my stomach which democracy failed to satisfy.

That is when I happened upon this.

Everything is fine, everything is OK, don’t lose your cool.

WHAT THE F(*#$*#($*#???!??!?

I haad to take a picture of this sign and again to avoid looking both shady and silly at the same time (didn’t know that was possible) I went in to try something anyway. I’ve never been to this Pit of fine foodery so I decide to try a falafel. The pita combo just brings back sad memories. I swear to you the employee taking my order asked if I would like it grilled or microwaved. Yes I do believe I would like you to stick that 6 dollar falafel in the microwave. I will say that the falafel was huge and delicious so Pita Pit broke even, I guess. I asked microwave girl about these “circumstances” and she said the bank had met it’s quota….murmur murmur trail off.

What this means is that the owners of the chain rifrickingdiculously though that offering free $7 value combos for 8 hours over a period of 5 days wouldn’t bankrupt them into China. And after one day of probably millions of students and homeless taking free pitas, the pit gurus reconsidered.

That brings me to this unrelated photo.

I stepped outside to find this man holding a sign in support of Carlos Barrera. The interesting part was that I was immediately 99% sure this guy actually was Carlos Barrera holding his sign up on the drag. Alone. Sad. Upon further verification, I discovered my hypothesis to be true. Even sadder. Just vote for him guys, c’mon.

Tasty, tasty democracy

Democracy is free.

This year, I tried a crazy new thing called researching the candidates before voting. I hate to admit it, but I think at least in high school we’ve done it. A long list of random names and seats and places makes your eyes roll back and think of “creative” ways to choose. I always rationalize who I’m voting for.

He has a nice name or she’s at the bottom of the list and probably won’t get too many votes so I’ll give her one. This is bad. So I did the American thing this time and fulfilled my civic duties in five minutes. Now the rest of the year is for civic resting.

Also free are combos at Pita Pit until March 1. Supposedly, because some prankster could have put the sign up. That would be pretty hilarious. Follow up tomorrow.

From 12 pm to 8 pm with a student I.D., a pita, chips and a drink can be yours, no matter how much you hate the puke of alliteration restaurants that have spewed out on the drag. The place probably won’t be here in six months so you might as well take some free stuff while you can.