Done.

With phonepic goodness: 645-ish, waiting in line: 730-ish, after voting: Bonus: After staying up all night (for work, more on that later), I totally spooked the morning crowd. :)

posted at: 08:37 | permanent link to this entry

Today's topic for discussion is:

Butter is not Cream Cheese. There are people who will actually spread one as thickly as the other.

posted at: 05:30 | permanent link to this entry

The Election, in Review (part 2)

This cycle, the "issues" and demographics which captured the headlines for a year and a half, were of secondary importance to the upheavals that occurred within the two major American political parties. Going into this cycle, I got the sense that both parties would be in play. Note, I said 'parties', not 'elections'. This sense was reinforced by the all-star cast that assembled in Oklahoma, for the Bipartisan Forum. That meeting was a clear indication that the current party structures would be challenged, with a fallback candidacy if needed. With this dynamic in play, the 2007-08 campaign became a three-way fight in a two-party system. At one point, it looked like both parties would flip in the same cycle: Senators Obama and McCain, through different paths, claimed their nominations from their respective parties. In actuality, the success of both candidates meant that only one would require the support of an American administration, and with the McCain camp isolated via sheer force of votes, the choice was, and is, both obvious and correct. Senator Obama will receive 65%+ of the popular vote, nationwide. One of those votes will be mine. Senator McCain will accept defeat, and, with his role fulfilled, will likely exit the GOP like several colleagues (and many voters) before him.

posted at: 05:29 | permanent link to this entry