In Rochester I have never experienced lines. I just voted and I was number 22. I miss the old style voting machines

God, that's an excellent point, Jesse. When a kid shoots a soccer ball and misses no one yells, "GREAT GOAL." The feedback is instant on got it or didn't.

Also, in my class, if we are reading something challenging, which happens a lot, and a kid gives an answer that is a misread and I say, "Interesting thought. Anyone else?" It's already obvious that the kid is wrong. The interesting thought bit is just...pandering.

I'm up because Grace's alarm has been going off intermittenly since 3:00. I also have to give grades today which is bleh.

Florida turning blue is a very good sign. It means that pollsters have been talking to people who have already voted, and they have been adjusting their assumptions of who or who isn’t a likely voter.

God, that's an excellent point, Jesse. When a kid shoots a soccer ball and misses no one yells, "GREAT GOAL." The feedback is instant on got it or didn't.

And if you can't run a mile today, the conventional wisdom is that if you work at it, you will be able to mext month (or whatever). Even within the context of different starting points and natural ability, you can work to get better.

Voted. Line was long, but we went earlier than usual.

Sorry if you read my FB statuses but...

Guys, I run for almost NOTHING. Not muggers, probably zombies or a hurt person, but really. I run for jack shit. I HATE it. So I got everything for my voting, stood in line for 35 minutes (I was there at 6:02 WTF?) and was five people from the table when I realized I had put down MY WALLET WITH MY ID when I put my jacket on.

A very nice gentleman was like, I'll hold your place. And readers, I RAN back to my house. Drove back like a bat outta hell, to see Hold-My-Place guy outside the school. I was like "KHHHAAANNNN!" (yanno, internally) but he was all "Talk to the blonde girl and they'll let you back in line; I explained." (I'd also asked one of the workers about my problem.)

So I got to vote without waiting for another hour, by the looks of the line at 6:45 am.

Also: the things I will apparently actually run because of: zombies, fire, for good cover if someone is shooting at me, to help a hurt person, to break up student fights and voting. ·

Florida turning blue is a very good sign. It means that pollsters have been talking to people who have already voted, and they have been adjusting their assumptions of who or who isn’t a likely voter.

I am also willing to believe that if Obama got any kind of boost from his handling of Hurricane Sandy, it could have been stronger than average in Florida.

Odd fact: even though this is a ridiculously, wastefully expensive election (at $6 billion), it's still less than Americans spent on Halloween this year ($8 billion).

I'm trying to parse which part is worse.

It was 50 minutes in line for me to vote this morning, and that was probably longer than 2008, but MD has a bunch of social issues on the ballot (same sex marriage, a dream act, gambling, etc.).

Xpost with Bitches - I got my boyfriend (on crutches) to the polls and voted and then to work, but there was already too long a line for me at the polling station. Which means I'm going to have to do the after work voting thing. UGGGGH.