But I did just send my review of Frankenweenie to a couple of my beta readers so I can post it tomorrow morning.

Owen and I will read it together.

The "Oh, I guess that really wasn't true" from the Romney camp has begun. [link]

The very first comment after the article gave me a good laugh:

Snow White, Superman and Pinocchio are walking along. They see a sign: "Contest for World's Most Beautiful Woman." Snow White goes in, later comes out smiling, wearing a crown. They walk along and see another sign: "Contest for World's Strongest Man." Superman goes in, later comes out smiling, wearing the belt. They walk along and see a sign: "Contest for World's Greatest Liar." Pinocchio goes in, later comes out with his head down crying. "Who the hell is Mitt Romney?" Pinocchio sobs.

Obama also had a good comeback to the debate today: [link]

"We had our first debate last night, and when I got onto the stage I met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be Mitt Romney," Obama told the crowd of roughly 12,300. "But it couldn't have been the real Mitt Romney."

The "real" Romney, he said, has traveled the country promoting tax cuts for the wealthy, education plans that would hurt teachers and was a pioneer of outsourcing jobs overseas. However, Wednesday night, Obama said Romney reversed those views because he "doesn't want to be held accountable for the real Mitt Romney" and "what he's been saying for the last year."

Random question of the day--does anyone have any suggestions of good online places for buying jewelry, especially necklaces?

Lee, I don't know if matches your tastes or price-range, but one of my best friends' wife makes her own jewelry: [link]

(I have actually taught him why the designated hitter rule is a desecration. Or, at the very least, when anyone mentions it, he knows to decry it.)

I would say you've educated him well, Steph.

Wow, her stuff is gorgeous, Kalshane. I love these and I only just started looking.

That is an excellent name for a jewelry store.

A guy on my friends list was basking happily about how last night finally showed the Mitt Romney he knew, the one who saved the Oympics, who is going to save the country, etc etc. I resisted replying and revisited the settings for filtering my list.

Good to know there's some things of interest there to people. I have zero eye for jewelry, so I couldn't really judge her stuff.

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A guy on my friends list was basking happily about how last night finally showed the Mitt Romney he knew, the one who saved the Oympics, who is going to save the country, etc etc. I resisted replying and revisited the settings for filtering my list.

Ah yes, save our country from that evil menace Big Bird. Oy.

I had to buy this. I hope Lee is happy.

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I resisted replying and revisited the settings for filtering my list.

I unsubscribed from 2 people last night. I may reverse that after the election, because they're otherwise perfectly pleasant people. But since FB allows one to turn the news feed into an echo chamber, well, then, I shall. Because I have less than zero tolerance for this bullshit, with a little over a month to go. Just...no.

I found out that a coworker is going to Cincinnati this weekend and took the opportunity to make an inappropriate comment about going out for a three-way with my coworkers the last time I was there.

It's probably a good thing I did, because his surprised expression indicated he was not familiar with the local cuisine, and now I feel he is adequately prepared should someone proposition him for a three-way or a five-way.

Ooh, pretty, Dana!