I can't help but take this the wrong way

Mitt Romney is planning an all day retreat with big donors... ones who have donated at least $50,000.

Well, he's playing to his base, I'll say that.

Okay, sure, Obama has raised a shitpot of money as well, but this just strikes me as more of the "Hi, I'm Mitt Romney, and I want to lord over all the poor people." kind of thing. You know, the "I'm friends with NASCAR team owners." or "I'm unemployed too." sort of ha-ha it's funny because he's so out of touch shit.

Christ on a moped, I hope he gets his ass kicked in November.

I am a horrible person

So, just in a throw-away remark about how a particular free e-mail service happens to be super slow, I made the standard "powered by hamsters" comment.

To which my brain then took the very odd thought-route of "No, not hamsters running on wheels. The hamster combustion engine. How many BTUs are in a hamster, anyway?"

And now I'm picturing hamsters piled like coal, being shoveled into a coal-box.

Dear brain: WTF?

(Please note, I would never do such a thing. It's a terrible waste of tender hamster meat.)

(Please note, that's also a joke.)