Wouldn't it be weird if there was a polling company that just... made up their poll results?

Well, possibly that is what happened. Or possibly not. Anyway, Nate Silver and others have been on the case recently. Here's a good summary: [link]

One little tidbit - the polling company has claimed to have a number of offices around the country. Guess what - every address for these offices is actually a box at a UPS store. Weird, huh?

Gah, I drew 24 illustrations today and laid them out as two foldable booklets. I am really about ready to have a weekend that's not all spent at the office.

Oh, God, Emmett's doing Matilda's makeup on her

I'm sure the results will be awesome!

Good morning, Natter!!

Good morning!

I'm in one of those still-in-bed-but-should-get-up-soon, let's-pet-the-cat-and-get-caught-up-online modes....

mac's childcare for today called me yesterday EVENING today enough kids had not signed up. WTF!?!?! So I was gonna log in from home and work, but I can't get my remote access to work. Now I am taking the computer in to get it looked at and working, grabbing some work and coming back home. I am also gonna hope for an afternoon nap. STupidly I emailed my boss the situation last night instead of just calling in sick today.

mac's childcare for today called me yesterday EVENING today enough kids had not signed up. WTF!?!?!

Huh? That sucks.

That's bonkers. I remember just having a couple of kids on odd no-school days when I worked at the afterschool place. They just had fewer of the part-time people around.

yeah, I think I have to talk to someone. I mean, sure, I had not signed him up until Saturday, but I kinda feel by then that they should have made the yay or nay call already. Still, not the end of the world, just inconvenient.

ION, I got mac Walter the Farting Dog yesterday and we read it last night. good times.

And people wonder why we need a new health care system:

Nancy Clinton got a surprise when she called her health insurance company recently. She was calling to ask about a benefit issue, and she said that as long as she was on the line, the company might as well note her new ZIP code: 80504.

"So, she went in and came back and said, 'Oh, this is going to significantly increase your premium,'" Clinton said Friday...

Clinton's was one of 8,610 northeast Longmont addresses that had their ZIP codes changed to 80504 from 80501 on July 1.

"Our health insurance would go up about $60 a month," Clinton said. "I didn't move, and the hospital didn't move."