STEPH DEROSA: ABSENTEE BALLOT THOUGHTS >>>

Sumner is a quaint little town with a quaint little downtown shopping district and quaint little dining establishments all within a quaint walk from each other. Around the corner from this quaint area is some of the best coffee and best time spent¬" Beyond the Bridge Cafe. But if you stick inside the bowels of quaint downtown Sumner you'll find one of my favorite family-owned Italian restaurants called Sorci's Italian Cafe.

As I take a wine break and step inside Sorci's restroom, I immediately feel as though I am in some Italian grandmother's personal bagno.There's a vanity dresser, flowers and framed art. This is no typical boring lavatory.

Someone took the time to decorate this restroom, and this someone wasn't lazy. Without delay, I recalled my Canadian friend's recent question,Why is everyone already voting when there are still13 days left until Election Day? She had seen the multiple MySpace headlines stating that some of us had already voted, and it confused her, from her Canadian standpoint. I explained that we voted by absentee ballot. Then I joked about how we're lazy Americans and voting is easier by mail, as opposed to showing up at an official polling station on Nov. 4.

No, I don't really think an absentee ballot is lazy. Find out what I really think here.