Switzerland is renowned for its intricate clockworks and automatons...

And cuckoos.

I can't believe they are actually showing it near me (in a suburb). too much of a pain to bus it, though, so I will not be going.

I just successfully dodged a scheduling meeting with my theatre boss that would have made me angry and frustrated, and resulted in no change to the actual schedule. I feel his idea of teamwork is that he decides everything, and then tries to make us feel included by listening to our input after the final decision has been made!

They’re allowed to show This American Life in Canada?

There's a seven second delay to overdub all the abouts with aboots and to add in the silent U's.

anyone going to "This american life" tonight in a movie theater?

I am! There is all kinds of crazeballs shiznit going down around work, so I am going to be very glad of the distraction.

Sue is a massively influential tweeter!

As a proactive measure against co-worker's "helpful" talk with HR, I am tracking my work day in 15 min. intervals. really super fun.

Msbelle, Ralph Stanley is super tempting, for me or my mom! But we both have dead kitty clauses in effect - for her, multiple dead kitties or my sister moving out with her three. Man, Frankie would so love a playmate.

I wanna go see TAL live! I'm tempted to check if it's showing here and how much tickets are.

On the coffee discussion, I just mailed chicory at my dad's request for my mom's birthday, so they can try and replicate the café au lait they had here. My dad roasts his own coffee.

Wow.

Top Romney Adviser: We’ll Campaign On Constitutional Marriage Ban

Ed Gillespie, senior adviser to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, told Chuck Todd on MSNBC’s Daily Rundown that the campaign would make President Obama’s support for marriage equality an issue this November and that Romney will actively push for a constitutional amendment to take away the right of states to voluntarily extend marriage equality to same-sex couples.

I don't see how this could be a good strategy for Romney. Probably it's intended to increase conservative turnout in the election. But it should increase turnout of pro-gay-marriage folks too, right?

Probably it's intended to increase conservative turnout in the election. But it should increase turnout of pro-gay-marriage folks too, right?

But there are demonstrably more anti-same-sex-marriage voters, considering that the pro side has never won a popular vote.

But there are demonstrably more anti-same-sex-marriage voters, considering that the pro side has never won a popular vote.

Which is surprising, since polls tend to show that more Americans support gay marriage rights than oppose it. (Or at least, that more Americans would rather see gay marriage legalized than would support a Constitutional ban.)

Which is surprising, since polls tend to show that more Americans support gay marriage rights than oppose it.

But the ones who oppose it are probably more likely to vote.