I need one of those "Keep Calm" things that says something about Chummy from Call the Midwife -- she is my new favorite character on anything.

I really do not know how I will get work done tomorrow. I just want to watch news all day, even with no news to report.

Oh my god, me too, and I have to put an issue of the journal together tomorrow (which means I don't really have time to fuck around looking for news). In theory, putting the issue together should distract me from waiting for the returns, but in practice, I'm going to be a jittery freak all day.

On a slightly related note (only because I am forcing the relation here), I came home to a barfy dog, and I assume it's because he can't stand the idea of a Romney presidency. I meant to get him a Dogs for Obama t-shirt, but he hates dog clothes. He tolerates a bandana.

So Kato says "No Romney! I barf at the idea!"

...and then I cleaned it up, which was less politically exciting. And now he's sulking because there is no way to explain to a dog that when he barfs, he doesn't get dinner, for his own good.

So Kato says "No Romney! I barf at the idea!"

Hah! I have an "I Ride Inside: Dogs Against Romney" sticker on my car. Someone even asked me about it this weekend, which was nice.

I have done nearly nothign today. Not good. Should make some calls.

So here is my electoral college map drawn up. I think it is kind of folly for me to put FL in the blue column, but I'm doing it anyway.

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Excellent, le nubian! (eta: I meant the phone paper--my tablet won't let me see the electoral vote thingy, sorry)

I asked my local Obama office what I could do tomorrow that didn't involve talking to people. They asked for baked goods for the GOTV workers. Operation "Bake for Obama" starts in my kitchen in half an hour.

What is GOTV? I keep seeing it, and I've clearly missed something.

I am in a 60 hour period of rage-typing

I wish I were laughing at you, but I've been too close--I'm laughing with.

TB--my mantra for this visit was "Well, that can't make it hurt worse...can it?" and I figure that would totally apply in your case.

I tried explaining to the observation people that the ER was tossing me over the fence when they thought they couldn't pay me enough attenton to be safe (that's the flattering spin--it's not what I believe), and that every time they'd done so, it was clearly noted in my records that the have done the due diligence with the extra-fancy machinery, and the dosages that my doctors recommend? NOT A PROBLEM.

She had the decency to say that she saw where in the records they'd done this whole dance before...I didn't use the "definition of insanity" viewpoint of repetition on the doc the same way I used it on the nurses waving the needle at me, but does no one examine their actions?

Her answer to "what do you expect to be different this time?" was something along the lines of "Well, you're young..." Yeah, compared to OLD people. Not compared to you. And apparently not being a trucker counts against me somehow also.

And I ended up almost leaving AMA

So I'll be sending my neuro the summary of this visit, and all sucky visits afterwards.

GOTV = get out the vote

GOTV = get out the vote

Okay, I am a moron. I thought it was some television thing. Like GO TV.

There are several people running against Sanders for US Senate. There's MacGovern with the GOP, someone from the marjiuana party, another from the KISS Party (Keep it Simple Stupid -laws in plan language, flat tax), Peace and Propserity party and a true socialist.

Seven Days (the free Vermont Weekly newspaper) had a run down on their blog called The Island of the Misfit Candidates, or Why Bernie Will Never Lose [link]

Which included the Marijuana Party candidate rambling on about "When President Obama spoke about the big yellow bird, I don't think he was talking about [Big Bird]. I think he was talking about China. You know, Chinese people, Oriental people are referred to as yellow."

Will watched the video he said it was hilarious and disturbing.