I can't get that website to come up yet - so maybe it's not really a working thing yet or maybe everyone is trying to visit it.

Oof, now that the election is over, I have to go back to focusing on my own life. I am pretty sure I am going to have to cut my cable, to save money. I also anticipate a very cold winter, as I will try not to run up my heating bill too much.

I highly recommend getting a space heater. Mine keeps me toasty warm in the winter without having to heat the 8500 cubic feet I'm not currently occupying.

nytimes.com has a great graphic on the front page that goes through several screens showing how things changed from 2004. What is going on in Arkansas that they are the biggest shift to voting more Republican?

I'd say a combo of Mike Huckabee energizing the Republican base even if he didn't get nominated, a better Republican candidate than in 2000 or 2004, racial prejudice, and a big raised middle finger to people in the coastal states that all-too-frequently act like everything in between is a wasteland populated by extras from Deliverance. Bill Clinton was the last Democrat on the national scene that treated Arkansas residents with respect, and he's from here.

Timelies all!

Happy Birthday CaBil!

Stayed up hear Obama's speech last night, and I'm paying for it today.

change.gov is still in development -- I think it may have been visible for a bit earlier, but they've password-protected it since it got to be huge news everywhere. (btw, your link in your post is broken; you left off the http-colon-slash-slash part.)

"A blast from the past", or, "amazing how much can change in four years":

Walter Dean Burnham, the philosopher who coined realignment theory and a liberal through and through, was writing before the 2000 election that he thought the nation was realigning left. Barnes was right that Burnham's heart was broken after 2000 and in 2004, but Burnham's been predicting a realignment this year: [link]

I just got TV Tracker's "Movers & Shakers" email, which lists who has been promoted or moved to a new company. This listing made me laugh:

Barack Obama
Now: President-Elect, United States of America
Was: Senator, United States of America

OK, anyone from Maine familiar with a Moonpie/marshmallow/chocolate-cookie-and-whipped-cream-death-bomb thing called the Wicked Whoopie? One of the techs here just received a box of them in thanks for fixing his system, and I had one. My blood sugar is telling me I'm not allowed to eat for the rest of the week.

Why on earth did I think coming back to work was a reasonable idea?

Vacations do that.

I've been invited on a phenomenal trip next summer. The timing of it is rotten, and I don't know how the financials would work, but I'd kick myself if I didn't go. My kneejerk chicken is making me tired.

Wow, it's quiet here today. Everyone stuck with a hope hangover?

The third part of the Newsweek special is up. I found this oddly charming:

He had wanted to go back to the state of his first great triumph to give a speech unofficially kicking off the fall campaign, even though Clinton officially was still in the race. "That's an interesting belt buckle," he said to Michelle, mischievously. She feigned offense and said, "I am interesting, next to you. Surprise, surprise, a blue suit, a white shirt and a tie." Obama grinned and bent down until he was almost at eye level with her waist. He jabbed a playful finger toward her belt buckle, and let loose his inner nerd. "The lithium crystals! Beam me up, Scotty!" Obama squeaked, laughing at his own lame joke as Michelle rolled her eyes.