[Edit at 9:20am on 3/5/08: Well guys, the results are in, and we got beaten by a CAT!!! I'm thinking maybe there were butterfly ballots involved! Nevertheless, everything I wrote below is still totally true. You guys are the best friends an aspiring dictator could ever have. I guess I can open my eyes now.]

Well, friends, voting has ended for the photo contest, and winners will be posted soon. As you can see, I’m meditating while I await the results.

Life on the campaign trail was hard, but, I just wanted you to know that no matter what happens, you are the best friends a dog could ever ask for.

Firstly, I’d like thank my campaign manager, Aunt Laura. Aunt Laura really took up my cause, and worked super hard to deliver my message to the world. She was the most enthusiastic campaign manager that a future world leader could hope for.

I’d also like to thank my great friends, Bonnie & Sushi, and all of their wonderful pals from the Toronto Shiba Inu Meetup Group. Bonnie & Sushi are also trying to find a home for Chigo (remember him?), which means that they are true blue friends (i.e., they aren’t just nice to you when they think you might become the next leader of the free world).

Aunt Stephanie, and mom’s pals Deb and Knitty D, also provided me with much appreciated support during this very trying campaign. You should definitely check out Deb’s web site, because she does amazingly realistic drawings of dogs! And, you should check out Knitty D’s blog because she’s just totally cool and she loves beagles.

And, of course, thank you to everyone who cast votes and showed support for me. You will not be forgotten when I gain control of the world treat supply.

I should probably also thank mom and popi, but I don’t want them getting any funny ideas about who has the upper paw in this relationship. I think I’ll just save my thanks for a time when I’ve really done something to tick them off (shouldn’t be long!). In life, as in campaigns, it’s all about strategy.

Come what may, you will all be the first to know when I’ve received the results.

With much love and appreciation,

Yoshi

Uncle Yoshi wants YOU to click here and vote!

Okay, blog friends, voting for this period ends on Tuesday, March 4th. That means there are only 3 more days is only 1 MORE DAY to vote for the Yosh-man.

If his photo wins in this round, he’ll advance to the finals and have a chance to appear on the box for Bissell’s Pet Hair Eraser Vacuum Cleaner. How cool would that be? He’d be totally representin’.

So, if you’ve got a second (it really only takes a second, honest), and you’d like to support Yoshi in his quest for World Domination, click the red link here, or the one under his picture, and you’ll be able to cast your vote for Uncle Yoshi.

Thanks a lot!

Honorable Chairman Yoshi
A vote for Yoshi is a vote for delicious treats! Click here to vote!

Okay, dog comrades, I need your help.

If you’ve been a long-time reader, you know that I’ve been quietly flying under the human radar and implementing my plans for world domination. Well, the next phase of my plan has begun. I’ve decided that we need to tackle both print and on-line medias and, with your help, my subliminal messages give your dog lots of delicious treats could reach millions of homes.

The best part of my plan, is that the message will come from a very unlikely place; a VACUUM CLEANER BOX! This could be bigger than the Trojan Horse, dog comrades! Subliminal messages from a dog, hiding on a vacuum cleaner box!? The humans won’t suspect a thing. Genius, I know!

But, the plan will fail without your help, comrades. I need you to click the red link below, to cast your vote for delicious treats and world domination me! And, if you really want to cast a decisive blow to humanity’s control over the world treat supply, ask your friends to vote, too!

Onward to victory, comrades! Click here to vote!

With humble thanks,

Chairman Yoshi