What I saw the other day was that Clinton's numbers went down but Trump's didn't go up.

Quite a lot of people that study this stuff seem to think his ceiling is pretty fixed.

I definitely wanted to work until 8:30PM the day after a long weekend, when I've been back home for roughly 24 hours.

Good luck, sue!

I'm feeling a little out of it. Well, more than a little. My old college roommate (or possibly her husband, they have a joint Facebook acct.) replied to where I shared the Paul Krugman NYT piece about reporters raising questions about the Clinton Foundation possibly being used for quid pro quo, and none of them accepting that the answer to those questions is no. Roomie replied to the effect of "depends on the meaning of no". When we were in school together she was a history/poli-sci major. We used to have epic arguments (the fun kind) on every thing under the sun; we have yet to put to bed the debate on whether Basil Rathbone or Jeremy Brett was the better Sherlock Holmes. My instincts say Do Not Engage. I just do not have the energy. But part of me wants to reply simply "cit. needed".

I definitely wanted to work until 8:30PM the day after a long weekend, when I've been back home for roughly 24 hours.

I'm so resentful of this 9:00pm meeting I have tonight especially since I need to get up at 5:30am tomorrow morning to make another meeting.

ION, I took last Thursday and Friday, and today as vacation days. I have done work every day of my vacation.

I'm resentful of this on your behalf. In the last 9 years, the only vacation I've had where I didn't have to work anyway was when I was out of the country and literally couldn't access my work email. It isn't right.

The popular vote has tightened, but that's because HRC got a big bump after the DNC and Trump got negative numbers after the RNC. So it's trending back to the mean as expected.

However, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania are pretty well locked in for the Dems and Trump would have to sweep all three to have enough electoral votes. And he's not going to get them.

It won't be a landslide victory for Hillary though. Probably similar to Obama's last election.

depends on the meaning of no

Maybe a joke referencing Bill's testimony back in the day? Not engaging is probably a good call regardless.

I have been slacking on my beloved Jars of Salad this summer, but I finally got off my ass and made four quarts tonight. And then ate one for dinner, but first I sealed it into a jar because I could not think far enough ahead to just make one on a plate. Whatever, it was delish, a fitting setting for the smoked brisket I got the last day in the mountains, and pretty much sold me on this using BBQ sauce for salad dressing idea that the proprietress who sold me the brisket (and, for that matter, the sauce) suggested. It's a vinegar-y sauce, for the record. I don't know what region likes that and what thinks it's heinous and I don't really care, makes a fine salad.

Sounds like a mighty fine salad. -t

A woman walks down the street with that salad in a jar, you know she isn't afraid of anything.