I am leaving to have a drink with one of the friends I missed last night due to dumb brain. YAY for re-scheduling. And that means I'll get a drink in me before watching the returns - also good.

Timelies all!

Left work a little early to vote, since one of the post-docs said she waited three hours to vote. No lines at all at my polling place.

I take it they don't know about the existing welfare program (which is already free)?

Oh, but Obama is going to make it even easier for lazy poor people to do nothing but sit on their butts and take hard working people's money away from them.

Such fun to talk to such people and ask them if they think my disabled husband wouldn't much rather be working for a living. But I only do that to people I don't have to see every day.

I'm going to make zucchini bread tonight while the returns come in.

And then drink the champagne* that I did, in fact, buy at lunchtime. (I bought a split of Mumm Napa brut. The Boy doesn't drink alcohol, and I could never drink a whole bottle of champagne myself, and it's anathema to waste good wine, so I bought a split instead of a bottle.)

*(I'm aware that it's only supposed to be called "champagne" if it's from the Champagne region of France, and everything else is "sparkling wine." But, much like the Kleenex-ification of facial tissues of all brands, I just call all sparkling wine "champagne."

Except Asti. That shit is nasty.)

I'm working from home now, which is good because the puppycam is down.

Huh. ObamaImpeachment.org is already up.

(I bought a split of Mumm Napa brut. The Boy doesn't drink alcohol, and I could never drink a whole bottle of champagne myself, and it's anathema to waste good wine, so I bought a split instead of a bottle.)

When I was on vacation with friends the other week, when we were buying booze, one make the excellent suggestion that we should get some bubbly, because she did not have enough circumstances in her life where she (and her husband) would finish a full bottle, and otherwise, it's wasted. Which I thought was an excellent, excellent point.

Obama's said repeatedly that he'd probably have some Republicans in his cabinet. Hagel & Lugar are likely candidates.

I actually don't think it's a bad idea. I don't think all republicans are wrongheaded crackpots with idiot opinions and I think some have important ideas and experience to offer with some policies.

Colin Powell, for example, would be great in the cabinet.

When I was on vacation with friends the other week, when we were buying booze, one make the excellent suggestion that we should get some bubbly, because she did not have enough circumstances in her life where she (and her husband) would finish a full bottle, and otherwise, it's wasted. Which I thought was an excellent, excellent point.

My friend Robyn orders Champagne as her go to drink whenever we go out for dinner. Her point is that champagne should be consumed more and not merely for special occasions.

I t heart champagne.

About fucking time:

Joe The Plumber Vs. CNN's Rick Sanchez: "You're Asking Me Insane Questions"

Joe the Plumber, in his last media tour of (one can hope) this election cycle, took to CNN this afternoon to make the case for his candidate John McCain. Only things didn't exactly go as planned. Host Rick Sanchez began asking a whole host of questions on sensitive topics like: Why don't you have a plumber's license? Why haven't you paid your taxes? Why is a hospital in South Carolina asking you for $1,100 in payments? And why does someone making far less than $250,000 have a problem with taxes being raised on those in the top income brackets?

Joe, not surprisingly, was none too pleased with having the grilling turned on him. "You're asking me all these insane questions," he said, shooting back that Sanchez never applied the same scrutiny to Barack Obama. Joe called Sanchez's inquiries "ridiculous" and at one point pleaded, "Why don't you ask what I'm going to do now?"

And here is the transcript of the heated/humorous exchange.

Joe: Why are you vetting me out and you haven't done this for Obama? You are asking me all these insane questions I asked a question of an elected public official and you are going to ask me these questions? That's kind of ridiculous man.

Rick Sanchez: You have gone on the air and endorsed John McCain, you are no longer just joe private person, you have thrust yourself into this campaign by holding news conferences talking to reporters and endorsing a candidate. You have to be asked the tough questions my friend. That's the way it works in this country