Three cheers for the weekend

After a fantastic time checking out houses with Dave and realtor Bob Van Deusen on Friday morning and afternoon, I rented a minivan at Enterprise and Erin, Jonah, and I went up to Portland to pick up Christine, Jared, and Liz for the weekend. (The minivan was a 2005...

A question many would like answered

In short, how did so many exit polls suddenly go so wrong? I’m neither the first nor likely the last to wonder if the US elections were hacked. Many of us on the technological side of the fence have been warning about the use of insecure computers to tabulate...

Post election quiz

Presently my best guess as to why the Democrats lost. This line of thinking probably doesn’t hold true for most folks who voted Democratic, but for those on the other side—who are now apparently among the majority in terms of the politically active—I wonder if...

All hope is gone: Kerry concedes

The charred remains of two hobbits found atop Mt. Doom. So four more years of Bush. To say I’m surprised by the result is the understatement of the year. To say I’m depressed by the result, well, that’s the runner-up. It’s easy to blame the...

The hangover

By the way, this is also how I feel when the Steelers lose. I suppose it will surprise no one that I didn’t sleep well last night. It looks like Nevada, New Mexico and Ohio will go Bush’s way and give him the victory. I don’t mind missing on the...