The most important thing you will do today... Vote for my kids!

07/02/2010 10:45 AM by Chris Toohey

When my wife told me that Toyota was sponsoring contest on YouTube -- hosted by Ryan Seacrest -- I was understandably skeptical. When she mentioned that it was a "kids say the darndest things"-style contest, and that she had submitted videos of Lex and Caroline (our youngest of 4)... well, I know my kids rock, but I honestly wasn't expecting much to come of it.

That was until Shirley received release forms the other night which all-but-confirmed that we had made the Top 10!

Get over to youtube.com/smalltalk, click the Vote tab, and find the ShirleyToohey video.

From there, click the thumbs-up (of course) to submit your vote.

The prize? $10,000 USD, which I will promptly spend on a new laptop to write some awesome open source/free IBM Lotus Notes Domino Applications and detailed articles showing you -- the IBM Lotus Notes Domino Application Developer -- how to improve your skills and deliver top-notch solutions to your customers take my kids on a well-deserved, wifi-less vacation.

Vote frequently, and please vote every day from July 2nd, 2010 to July 11th, 2010.

Also, please help spread the word via Twitter, Facebook, your neighbors, friends, and family, people you might know, people you hate, former MMA fighters...

(Thanks in advance for those of you who'll vote! You guys rock!