Congratulations, Jeff!  (I think.)

John Hager conceded.

That’s all I know.  Except for it’s crazy loud at the convention and that if you ever need to borrow a cell phone, ask Jim Gilmore’s son, Ashley.

Thanks, Ashley!  (I think.)

Instead of being in Richmond this weekend having a big time with my fellow political bloggers at the RPV convention, I’m home hearing about it via borrowed cell phones.  Seems most bloggers batteries gave out before the convention started.  Business matters kept me in Martinsville but at least I have WiFi!

Anyway, I’ve just been informed that Jim Gilmore (5,218 votes) has narrowly beaten Bob Marshall (5,156 votes) for the unenviable opportunity to run against Mark Warner for Virginia’s junior senator.  This is assuming that Warner doesn’t get asked to go to the Vice-Presidential Prom with Barack (think CHANEL) Obama.

Sorry folks, I just can’t get a woody for any of these guys.  While I prefer Gilmore over the other two choices (much more over Marshall) this race interests me about as much as grits with no cheese.

Hey!  Ham Sandwich would make a great Senator!

Stay tuned.  I should be getting the exciting results of the RPV Chairman vote, soon.  The choices are Jeff Frederick and John Hager.

Back to laundry detail…

SWAC GIRL has an excellent write-up about this story: SUBWAY has launched a writing contest that specifically EXCLUDES home schooled children. Ironically, it has misspelled words (most conspicuous is basket) on the contest Web Site! Lynn sees their omission as plain discrimination.

American Thinker has another interesting take: Given that so many winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee have been home schooled students, Subway was trying to avoid the accompanying humiliation which occurs when home schooled students continue to outperform others, especially the government run schools which continue to falter despite the beaucoup bucks we continue to throw at them.

Considering that the number of home schooled students in the commonwealth has jumped from 14,323 in 2000 to 20,240 in 2007, you’d think that SUBWAY would endeavor to attract this rapidly growing group of probable sandwich eaters instead of possibly alienating them:

This is the first time that SUBWAY has left a bad taste in my mouth and judging from my e-mail, a lot of you feel the same way.

Have a safe and happy Memorial Day and don’t forget to stop for a moment to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for us.

UPDATE: Leslie Carbone is the blogger I’d want to be if I actually blogged… more than once… or twice…. a month!  She noticed that SUBWAY’s contest is only for residents of the UNTIED States.  I noticed that I may have dyslexia for not catching that.  Think SUBWAY will give me a proofreading job??