That's awesome, Steph.

OK, this is so dorky, I can only share it with you people: So I'm listening to my favorite word-nerd podcast, and they have this word game segment, which this week is about words that you add "up" or "down" to to make different phrases. One of the answers was "get," and one of the hosts starts going, "Get up, get-get-get down, 9-1-1's a joke in your town." So of course the other people on the show were like, bzuh? And Grant was like, "It's Public Enemy..." Which just confirms why it's my favorite word-nerd podcast.

The end.

aurelia, Kathy posted a link a while back to a guide of some sort for the gazillion judges.

Here it is, aurelia (and all other Illinois voters out there!): [link]

I'm lucky when it comes to ballots. I'm actually in the town of Madison vs. the city, so my ballot is very short. I took one look and went straight Demcratic. We only had two ballot initiatives and they were no-brainers. I was in and out in less than 10 minutes.

Kathy, do we have any initiatives I should know about?

(What? We're not California.)

(What? We're not California.)

looks at PAGE-long election crib sheet, cries a little

do we have any initiatives I should know about?

There's an initiative asking whether the state should give a voucher for a free bottle of booze to Cubs fans....

Has Jilli seen these?

(Bookmarks that look like spilled blood!)

Oooh, no I hadn't! Nifty!

The worst one of our props is one touting payday loan "reform," written and sponsored by the payday loan industry.

Do any NYistas know of a good online guide to the minor races on our ballot?