Giving up the booze hasn't been hard so far (although I miss wine with dinner, a little). And I doubt it'll be a problem tomorrow. It's just tonight that I really wish I could watch the returns come in over a double scotch, neat.

Took mac and me about 30 min to vote. I decided not to get there right at 6 as soon as I found out there was no school. I plan to be on cnn all day.

Have fun storming the castle!

this.

Calli, I'll drink for you tonight.

The last thing DH said to me as he left for work: "Don't do anything to embarrass the Democratic Party today!"

The last thing I said to The Boy when I left was "Make sure you vote for that guy -- you know, the one on TV."

I had forgotten, but there's something screwy with the way the voting districts are set up in my neighborhood, so there were long lines at every other set of machines, but none at mine! So now I'm the first person into work.

there's something screwy with the way the voting districts are set up in my neighborhood, so there were long lines at every other set of machines, but none at mine! So now I'm the first person into work.

Hmmph. There were SHORT lines at every over set of machines except mine.

They totally went there. Dana Perino invokes Snacky's Law.

Sorry, mang.

Of course, there was some annoying young woman who interrupted the poll workers to ask them where the line was for our machines. OK, see me? See the guy standing behind me? THAT'S OUR LINE. I don't know why she was all riled up already at 7:30 in the morning.

Holy cow-- from one of the people on my LJ f-list, talking about her fiancee's grandparents who live in Bethlehem, PA:

Last night, when we called to wish Joe's grandfather (a.k.a. "Pop" or "Pop-pop") a happy 74th birthday, his grandmother got on the phone to tell us that she got a call from a woman claiming to be Hillary Clinton. "Mrs. Clinton" just wanted Judy (a.k.a. "Grammy")to know that she'd changed her mind and no longer supported Obama, and that she was throwing her full weight behind McCain. She also got a recorded message informing her that only Republicans were to vote Tuesday; Democrats were supposed to wait until Wednesday. She's been volunteering at Obama headquarters, making phone calls, and found that a lot of other women her age were receiving similar calls. Then Pop grabbed the phone back and told us that he got a call from a guy who told him that if he voted for Obama, he would lose his pension, his social security, and every other source of financial support. He said pretty much everything except that Pop and Grammy would end up penniless in a cardboard box by the river.

Jesus fuck Barb.

No lines at my polling station.