I guess that means time for the winter coat, huh.

I've been wearing mine for most of the week. And I just noticed today that one of the buttons (a non-functional one) is missing. Janky!

This was a really good idea--Bush builds huge federal Ebola lab, with horrendously deadly bugs, in path of hurricane

Much of the University of Texas medical school on this island suffered flood damage during Hurricane Ike, except for one gleaming new building, a national biological defense laboratory that will soon house some of the most deadly diseases in the world.

How a laboratory where scientists plan to study viruses like Ebola and Marburg ended up on a barrier island where hurricanes regularly wreak havoc puzzles some environmentalists and community leaders...

Built atop concrete pylons driven 120 feet into the ground, the seven-floor laboratory was designed to stand up to 140-mile-an-hour winds. Its backup generators and high-security laboratories are 30 feet above sea level...

The laboratory will do research into some of the nastiest diseases on the planet, among them Ebola, anthrax, tularemia, West Nile virus, drug-resistant tuberculosis, bubonic plague, avian influenza and typhus.

From Electoral-Vote.com.

Watchdogs Warn of Trouble on Election Day

Many experts say that despite 30% of the electorate voting before election day, the crowds will be so large on Tuesday that there could be chaos everywhere. Florida, among other states, has a "no match, no vote" law, which prevents anyone from voting if information in the voter registration data base differs from that in other state data bases, all of which are riddled with errors from top to bottom. These people will no doubt argue with the poll workers, slowing down the voting process. In principle, disputed voters can cast provisional ballots, but many precincts are expected to run out of them. In Georgia, people with Latino names have been flagged because they might be illegal aliens. Lawsuits are flying all over the country and poll workers are memorizing the election administrator's prayer: "Lord, let it be a landslide."

I'm really hoping for a landslide too. I'm quite concerned about the election being decided by litigation.

WOOT - Phillies! I'm happy to do a little bit of personal shopping, should someone want swag (and can cover s&h and cost - wish I could, but JavaChik's box will likely run about 100lbs). Profile addy.

((((Sox))))

I was hesitant to ask you for anything, because I suck and never even responded to your email to me about the newspapers during the play-offs. But yeah, anything you can find and send my way I will happily reimburse you! My Jimmy Rollins bobblehead is lonely.

My Jimmy Rollins bobblehead is lonely.

heh. ::wanders off in the direction of the bobbleheads::

java, weren't you going to visit Philly in Oct? Is a visit going to happen at some point?

WANT SWAG!

omgomgomgomgomg

Yes, it's finally, really, sinking in.

I'm really hoping for a landslide too. I'm quite concerned about the election being decided by litigation.

I'm trying not to think about it.

Java, insent.

I'm trying not to think about it.

Same.

I never know what the lines will be like at my precinct. It's always been pretty random. The election officials are telling people to aim to go between 10 and 4, when it is less busy. Uh, yeah. Because that's usually the least convenient time for people. That's why we want early voting!

Oh, and I heard something interesting: Maryland is planning on returning to paper ballots for the 2010 election cycle.