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.
Jayne: Here's a little concept I been workin' on. Why don't we shoot her first? Wash: It is her turn.
'Serenity'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Oct 31, 2012 6:50:10 am PDT #27944 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
tommyrot - Oct 31, 2012 6:50:16 am PDT #27945 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Fans Predict Collision of Two Universes With #DisneyStarWars Mashups
My faves:
- Dumbo Calrissian
- Star Wars Episode VII: John Carter of Tatooine
- The AristocAT-ATs
msbelle - Oct 31, 2012 6:51:51 am PDT #27946 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
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.
YOU'RE WELCOME!!
le nubian - Oct 31, 2012 6:53:43 am PDT #27947 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
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.
Fred Pete - Oct 31, 2012 6:58:37 am PDT #27948 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
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....
Steph L. - Oct 31, 2012 6:58:58 am PDT #27949 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
At this point, I am clinging to Nate Silver like he's a damn life raft.
§ ita § - Oct 31, 2012 7:00:43 am PDT #27950 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
Liese S. - Oct 31, 2012 7:14:14 am PDT #27951 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
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.
Ginger - Oct 31, 2012 7:19:46 am PDT #27952 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
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.
Jessica - Oct 31, 2012 7:20:05 am PDT #27953 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
4 hour commute this morning, woo. Tomorrow, I either take the express bus (which might still take 4 hours, but I can sleep or text if I want to) or stay home.
The last time it took me this long to get to/from work was during the transit strike. Fun times, people, fun times.
Downtown Manhattan is eerily dark and empty. Or rather, not empty, because people are out on the streets, but since there's no electricity no businesses are open. The first traffic signal I saw this morning was at 28th St.