I'm Sorry Marios

I'm sorry for two reasons:

1. Not getting my Mario Day post up this morning.
2. The reason I didn't get my Mario Day post up this morning.

This is what I had planned on posting this morning:

"I first wrote about Mario Day in 2005. I stopped posting for most of 2006 and half of 2007, but did manage to sneak in a mention of Mario Day on July 10, 2007. It would seem I'm a bit of a Mario Day fanatic (proof can be found by searching for "Mario Day" on Google (We're number 1! Hey! We're number 1!). C'mon! There are worse things....

Anyway, I started thinking about Mario Day and how Mario thought Mar10 looked liked Mario and it occurred to me that Mar10 does not look like Mario. It looks like Marlo. Why the Marlos of the world have not stood up against this, I can't fathom. Marlos?! Well, I think we need to resolve this controversy. I have added a poll on the right side of this blog [didn't happen, read on]. You can vote for Marlo or Mario...."

That was the planned post. As I mentioned, the poll's not there. For some reason, the "Mario" and "Marlo" choices showed up in the exact same color as the background they were located on. That's a Blogger problem and though I desperately searched for a way around it, there wasn't one. The text of the widget does not appear in the HTML. Well, I could have changed the color of the right nav box, but no. No, I take that as a sign that Mario Day must go on. So, unless I hear from any Marlos, I will not seek out a Blogger poll alternative.

So, Marios, I'm sorry I tried to start a revolution against you. It's your day. Live it up!

Oh, and thanks for the e-mails again Mario Day fans! Happy Mario Day to all of you too!