I'm not telling, because who knows where it might end up! Also I wish I had bid more on some things, once I remembered donation + free shipping.

It's weird--the rational side of my brain believes Nate Silver, so if I were a betting man I'd bet on Obama. But my emotional side is sure something weird will happen and Romney will win.

This is me, too.

Fans Predict Collision of Two Universes With #DisneyStarWars Mashups

My faves:

• Dumbo Calrissian
• Star Wars Episode VII: John Carter of Tatooine
• The AristocAT-ATs

WELL I AM KEEPING MY GIFT SO I CAN TELL EVERYONE!!!!

Wow, being a sassy PITA on here today seems like such a better idea than doing work.

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The economists in my twitter feed are puzzling over one aspect of the polls that I have found curious for weeks: why is Romney supposedly up in the national polls, but Obama is up in key states? That didn't make sense population-wise and what I knew of Obama's leads in blue states vs. Romney's in red states.

Silver has a long article on this point, and I don't doubt his methodology at all, I think it is sound. I do think there is a bit of a systematic problem with some polling though.

Back at work today. Catching up on things that people outside the Northeast dumped onto my desk over the past couple of days.

We got through the storm okay. Cleared a lot of space on the DVR. So much that I may be soccered out for a bit. Of course, just as the MLS playoffs start, with DC United in for the first time in 5 years....

At this point, I am clinging to Nate Silver like he's a damn life raft.

people who prefer to call or email me about my bosses' availability rather than just attempting to schedule a meeting and seeing their available time MAKE ME CRAZY

See, when everyone's time is precious, and the real answer is "I'll see what I can move around" I often have to find their admin or call and talk to them before scheduling. Often I have to call their admin and ask them to call the other relevant admins to negotiate a time.

And some people don't have admins, so I can't invite them to anything without telling them I need them to come to a meeting--but somehow time always shows up. And, say, on a day that looks all booked out, they still do spend a fair amount of time at their desk, not on the phone.

I do get preserving some time for yourself, especially at either end of the day, or lunch, but if you're basically blocking out 9-5 every day, you're breaking the point of calendaring.

I don't have any candy except the candy that came home from tour. Which I don't eat. So if we get any trick or treaters, they'll get dum dums. But we won't.

I kinda miss being in the neighborhood where we got, like, eight billion kids. But it's cheaper this way.

At most, I get two trick-or-treaters, but I feel I must have candy for them. I'm buying it today, though. It calls my name too loudly to buy early.