With the new administration weighing in on possible candidates for President Obama’s cabinet, the Draplin Design Co. would like to offer up some staff recommendations:

01. DEPARTMENT OF TYPOGRAPHY: Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones

02. SECRETARY OF WRY FACT: John Hodgman

03. DIRECTOR OF COSMIC MUSIC: Wayne Coyne

04. SECRETARY OF SKATE: Eric Lovejoy

05. SECRETARY OF HEADWEAR: Brad Scheuffele

06. DEPARTMENT OF HAIR: David Nakamoto

07. CHIEF OF LAUGH: Tracey Morgan

08. DEPARTMENT OF GRAPHIC ARTS: The Twin Cities design community

09. SINGER OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM: Willie Nelson

10. WEEKLY RADIO ADDRESS VOICE: Willy Vlautin

11. SECRETARY OF THE UPPER MIDWEST: Ryan “Ryno” Simonson

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FINGERS CROSSED: And to Sasha and Malia: Pick a dachshund!

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THERE I GO AGAIN WITH MY BIG MOUTH: Pinball Publishing’s CoinOp blog deal interviews me, and well, there you go.

Special thanks to Pinball Mary for setting this one up for me. Much appreciated.

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NOT LAUGHING WITH ME: Oh boy, those Nemo guys should quit their dayjobs and tkae up comedy full time! Har har. Yuk Yuk. Pbbbt. Here’s Mark “Lew Village” Lewman yukking it up by “being me” for Halloween. Sonsabitches. Kick a man when he’s down.

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THESE ONES GET ME EVERY DAMN TIME: Great poison labels from a long, long time ago. (Sent in by Derek Schille. Derek, thank you. Thank you for being you. Thank you for caring. Keep it up, man.)

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THE KIND OF STUFF PEOPLE SEND IN TO THE DDC: A weiner dog, in a hot dog bun.Side-splitting. The kind of stuff that makes me go, “Man, life is pretty alright.” (Sent in by Chris Fetherson, somewhere in the United States.)

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BEST EMAIL WE’VE GOTTEN ALL WEEK: “Your country can be pretty awesome sometimes, Aaron.”

This missive comes in real hot from Steve up in Vancouver, BC. Thanks, man. You are right. About time we got it right, eh? My heart swells with pride. Keep up the good ight, man.