Timelies all!

I voted on the way home from work. It's nice that my polling place is just around the corner from my house. There was very little by way of lines, so it all went quickly. Yay! No more political ads!(At least for a year or so)

I'm off to vote. Then I shall have nappy times!

At least I now know where my polling place is. When I registered last month, they told me to go to the village hall of the neighboring town. When I went there at lunchtime, no voting--that was only for early voting. A village employee looked up my polling place on the computer, and gave me the address (in a Lutheran church). I drove down to the street, but couldn't figure out the street numbering (it was very screwy). Turns out W. Palatine Road is actually east of E. Palatine Road (see what I mean about screwy?), and the church was at the south end of the street I turn north on every morning to get to work. If I had known I was voting there, I would have gone before work!

Oh, well, at least I know better for 2008 (if I'm still living here then).

Some words of hope from Christian Newswire:

This is a critically important day for Christians in America. If Christians don't show up to vote today, babies will continue to die in abortions, fewer children will grow up in married homes, many more will grow up with two daddies or two mommies, God will ultimately be purged from the public square. In short, America will soon look like godless Europe. It's that simple.

My polling place is a middle school caf. A really old middle school, that I think may have been an elementary, but is now a 2 year m.s. The dust on the biplanes and kites strung from the ceiling is older than I am. Probably the milk carton on the plane wing is too. It's kinda sad. Statement on the poor public schools in Baltimore, certainly. But hey, encouragement to vote for the school facilities bond, right?!

I love my DH. He drove to his sister's place of work and made her vote, then he drove to his brother's house and made him vote. He forced them to register a few years back. Eldest bossy sibling.

In short, America will soon look like godless Europe.

Cool - that will save me the trouble of moving to godless Europe.

God will ultimately be purged from the public square.

That euphemism pisses me off. Generally what this means for them is that they don't get to have a government-sponsored religion. Same as "God was kicked out of the classroom" - they're mad that teachers don't get to lead kids in prayer anymore.

My polling place is in an elementary school cafeteria, and this morning a mom was oohing and aahing to her kid about how nice it was -- the kid apparently goes to the school, but couldn't have been older than 1st grade. Super cute.

I is all voted and junk.