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*note my "discussion starting" question at the end of my entry. ha.

I voted this morning.

This evening, I am going to drink a glass of wine (or six) and stare at the TV until I go to sleep.

It's way too exciting, but someone has to do it.

I live in that zany "vote by mail" state, so I voted last week. Now I'm going to spend the day avoiding news-media so I don't have to watch the car accident I fear this election to be. After that, I'm running nekkid in the streets covered in war-paint with a scimitar in my teeth when all my candidates lose.

Posted by: readymade on November 5, 2002 03:53 PM

I'm off to the polls right now. I'm scared we're all going to wake up tomorrow in nazi germany. Or--given that Mitt Romney is neck-and-neck for the governorship of my state--maybe salt lake city.

*shudders*

I'm torn between burning stuff or voting, but as I live in Florida, either act would go largely unnoticed.

Voting is a government plot.

Sunday, I made some white bean chili with chicken and andouille. Tonight, I'm eatin' it! With a bottle of Blackened Voodoo. Or two.

Then? NYPD Blue, baby!

Sunday, I made some white bean chili with chicken and andouille. Tonight, I'm eatin' it! With a bottle of Blackened Voodoo. Or two.

Then? NYPD Blue, baby!

whoops.

I'm gonna finish my work, then I'll toodle over to See Hear perhaps, then catch the choo-choo home.

no no no see hear, jonmc.

we're all boycotting as the guy is a nazi...

Speaking of fawks...

who remembers the fawkland war. punk's greatest triumph.

I think Guy Fawkes' Day and the penny-for-the-guy, burning in effigy thing is good for fostering nightmares and developing the psychohorror gland in the rubbery, pliant, children's forebrain.

America could learn a lesson

oh dear, boycotts. As a strict freedom-of-speech fundamentalist, I don't usually participate in such things, but...

besides it's too much of a walk, come to think of it. Perhaps Other Music instead.

I'm not sure which sounds tastier, that yummy Uncle Fes chili, or some kafkabearnaisesauce, perhaps on scampi.

Reality leans more towards leftover singapore mai fun.

That guy (the see hear guy) supports the national alliance, and other hate groups. He claims it is freedom of speech too, but I'm not so sure that's all it is...

Not to be a spoil sport, and I understand the whole civic duty pride thing, but why do you guys think that voting matters in the US after the last election?

because if you don't vote, you don't get to bitch. And I'd hate to not be able to bitch.

I have no illusion that my vote means squat, but if i don't and the bad guy wins by a single vote, i'll take it to my grave. that's what i'm trying to avoid.

we all play make-believe, goneill. you know that.

the whole bitching thing is just a bonus.

ok, now i'm off to the polls.

make believe, me?

the anarco-hedonists don't have any candidates in my district, so i have no one to vote for.

and that's a bitch.

It's true that burning men in effigy can lead straight to naked cyclists in the Nevada desert, but the real horror of Guy Fawkes' Night, k-bearnaise, is Yorkshire Parkin.

Voted this morning for the lesser of two gubernatorial evils. Just found out now that thanks to a construction-related power outage, I get out of work a bit early. (Yay!) So, I believe I will be spending my Guy Fawkes day watching Buffy, then NYPD Blue, then nipping off to the pub for a pint or two. (The bar owner & I have an election day tradition of drinking together. Dulls the pain.)

Wow, my family had connections to James I so I'm glad the gun powder didn't go kboom, or maybe no me. Part of the reason my family came to the US. So yes I voted.

My ballot today is widely different from my earlier ballots. Anyone else grow into your voting habits rather than the veiws you were taught raised under?

Not to be a spoil sport, and I understand the whole civic duty pride thing, but why do you guys think that voting matters in the US after the last election

For the same reason my folks moved from England. But really it's my community that I have a say and I factor into, presidents are decided behind closed doors. Like a Prez cares about thomcatspike.

For those in California, your so lucky to be apart of most of the state laws, so go vote. If just for that. I missed being a libral.

Gotta agree with you there, Thomcatspike. Most of my reason for voting is for local representation. (Yeah -- I'm one of the few who vote in the primary elections, etc. When I came into work after the last election, wearing my "I voted" sticker on my jacket, about half of my coworkers didn't even know there was an election that day or that it was the election that would pick the final candidates for today's ballot.) I don't put much faith in my vote for prez, but I know that every little bit counts at the local level.

(Ok. I'm done with my civics bit. Who's up for a drink?)

An ex-girlfriend who broke my heart like snapping the dried-up femur of a long-dead baby was born on Guy Fawkes day. I'd like to say I wish her well, but I'm not going to.

"we are the hollow men, we are the stuffed men...."

Nothing like a little T.S. Eliot to brighten up one's day.
It's a wet and dreary day here-dh dragged me out to go vote anyway. Since we've moved that entailed me getting a card from old district and taking it to new district, where old dried up prunes (oops I mean poll workers) kept an evil eye on things...my husband likes election day better than Thanksgiving.

I just reread that and want you all to know I had no idea how random that all sounded. Guess you had to be here.

They are practicing blowing up Riverfront stadium tonight. I guess that's a lot like Guy Fawkes day, only different.

I did not realize that blowing things up takes a lot of practice, but by the sounds of things, it does indeed.

Yes random thoughts are a big part of election day...bunny. But hey with the medium by which your commuticating through I got you. Happy voting day to your husband, for me I can't wait to vote until the day rolls around and then I wonder how many used cars I would have bought from each candidate I voted for........

No one cares but I am gonna tell you anyway-Elizabeth Dole won the election for the Senate seat Jesse Helms will be vacating.

I met her last year. She's tinier than she appears on TV. Real nice lady.

I like Wheatables crackers.

I always liked Triscuits myself.

I'm a huge fan of Chikin in a Biskit, the cracker so full of pseudo-food goodness that it has two intentional-misspellings-for-legal-reasons.

Wheat Thins® for me.

Anyone else watch "24"? That's just good, cheezy teevee. Guy Fawkes woulda watched it.

Just bought Triscuits for me-self, along with those addictive Japanese rice crackers. I like crackers.

Posted by: readymade on November 5, 2002 10:29 PM

One of the independent candidates for governor on the Tennessee ballot changed his first name Marivuana. He is, as you guessed, a supporter of legalization of marijuana.

Considering my choices, I was *this* close, but remebered what happened when I voted Green last year and went with the lesser of two evils.

And Wheat Thins are the bomb-diggity.

Well, Mitt Romney is the new Governor of Massachusetts.

Think I need some harder stuff. Time to break out the Fritos.

Cheez-Its til the end

Although I must say Chikn-In-a-Biskit are chemically goodness.

Ai, yi-yi-yi!

I am the Inflatable Bandito!

Now that I went and looked for the little guy, there may be a post in there somewhere ... so, there's always a silver lining.

*whistles "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"*

here you go.

Curses, foiled again!
That kafkasauce - is there nothing he doesn't already know about?

I second the Triscuit motion. It's just that all I had tonight was Wheatables.

The low sodium Triscuits suck, though.

OK, here are all my stupid jokes, to keep us from crying:

A jumper cable walks into a bar.
The barman says "I'll serve you, but don't start anything."
---------------------------------------------------------------------
A sandwich walks into a bar.
The barman says "Sorry we don't serve food in here."
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A rope wants into a bar. The bartender says, "sorry, sir, we don't
serve ropes here"

With that, the rope leave the bar, walks outside, ties himself up into
a knot, messes his hair up and walks back into the bar and asks for a
drink

The bartender says, "Hey, pal, I told you we don't serve ropes here!"

The rope replied, "But, I'm not a rope."

The bartender responds, "Well, you look like a rope to me."

With that, the rope replied, "no, I'm a frayed knot."
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Two hydrogen atoms walk into a bar. One says, "I think I've lost an
electron."
The other says, "Are you sure?"
The first replies, "Yes, I'm positive."
---------------------------------------------------------------------
A man came round in hospital after a serious accident. He
shouted,"Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied,
"I know you can't, I had to amputate your arms"
---------------------------------------------------------------------
A man walks into doctor's office. "What seems to be the problem?" asks
the doc.
"It's ... um ... well ... I have five penises." replies the man.
"Blimey!" says the doctor, "How do your trousers fit?"
"Like a glove."
---------------------------------------------------------------------

A mushroom walks into a bar.

Bartender says, "We don't serve your kind here."

Mushroom says, "Why not? I'm a fun guy."

<rimshot>

Tip your waitress!

Why are we crying??

OK, mine: A bear and rabbit are taking a shit in the woods. Bear turns and asks the rabbit: "Excuse me, but do you ever have trouble with shit sticking to your fur?"

Rabbit: "No, never!"

So the bear wiped his ass with the rabbit.

Republican President
Republican House
Republican Senate
Republican Governor Majority.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Why the old fortune teller was right! She said I was going to be living in hell by 2003.

Welcome to Republican Nation, ladies & gentleman. Where George W. Bush has a 67% approval rating.

GAH!

Ritz Crackers.

And I stay far,far away from bears.

Witchstone feels my pain. *weeps*

Does the republican majority really make all that much difference? It seems like when the dems had the majority in the senate, they couldn't get anything through either.

I am worried about the environment and choice with the current flavor of republicans in power. It seems to me, though, that they are not so foolish as to alienate the moderates and would prefer to stay in the please-everyone camp.

Does anyone who actually knows anything about this have info, because I don't know doodleysquat.

Dear Kafkasnookums,
Two words: Supreme Court. May the benevolent diety grant them long life and good health for at least as long as it takes to get rid of bush/ashcroft.

I don't think the republicans are worried about alienating anyone at this point. The environment - be afraid.

Aw, pshaw, ladies. I fear real things, like lightning strikes and little children jamming Marvin the Martian keychains into my eyeball.

Republicans? Democrats? Business as usual. We monkeys should let the children have their fun while we continue our longstanding simian traditions of isolationism, tippling, poo flinging, good grooming, and bawdy poetry.

Amen, fes. I swing in these branches so I can get away from all those unrefined apes running around in endless circles. And, like you say, same as it ever was, same as it always will be. A true monkey shrugs his/her shoulders and goes back to flinging poo.

If you want to know what the US will be like with a Republican majority in every branch of the government, come to Utah.

*looks around*

Well, I don't care how good he makes it sound, I'm not going.

If you want to know what the US will be like with a Republican majority in every branch of the government, come to Utah.

boo hoo. you still have strip clubs and light beer, and i'm guessing that's going to play prominently in my future anyways, republicans or no.

plus: lots of salt.

You do realize Utah beer is only 3.2% alcohol, right? Talk about your light beer.

You do realize Utah beer is only 3.2% alcohol, right? Talk about your light beer.

But you can still get just as drubk ... you just have to pee more often.

Republicans out west are a lot different from East Coast Republicans. My husband would know as he is from Colorado and we now reside in Dole country.

FYI, Western Republicans make me nervous.

(of course, down here a Southern Democrat is not necessarily what you'd expect either.)

There's always the Libertarians. ;-)

And you may ask yourself
What is that beautiful house?
And you may ask yourself
Where does that highway go?
And you may ask yourself
Am I right?...Am I wrong?
And you may tell yourself
MY GOD!...WHAT HAVE I DONE!

Posted by: readymade on November 6, 2002 02:25 PM

And "pardon me", as a fortysomething woman, I have to pee enough as it is, and all i drink is iced tea and the occasional pepsi.

I am sure that is way more than you want to know about me.

Republican Governor Majority. ????

When I went to bed they mentioned a Democratic Majority, hmmm, I will go with the fact tv lies.

I just found out this week I have not been a republican for more than ten years, nor any party. Best thing I've done in Texas.

What scares me about republicans are their blind faith of well if it's right, so what we are committing a crime, it's the American way.

I realized this watching old episodes of Columbo. He broke laws and lied to catch his man. I know it is just tv but my folks supported that idea w/o really realizing it. When people are doing things without looking at the true consequences of their examples, it show me the loss of ethics. Where do folks allow this idea to sepe into their brains? Selfishness......

You do realize Utah beer is only 3.2% alcohol, right? Talk about your light beer.

yeah, but at every bar i've been to in Utah, they pour you twice as much for the price of a pint, so it's the same dealy.

lotsa CA ex-pats too, for some reasons. I think they're joining cults out there.

What is the % for Bud in Ca. I remember wine coolers being 5% and beer(coors &n bud) lower in Cali. But in TX 5% for bud also being the highest in sales for a state they make you pay more for it too, the Texas way.

bud you drink for the joy of looking punk rock, not for getting drunk.

that job is reserved for natural ice. (which, chest-thumpers take note: i drink warm.)

Hmmm. Seems mathowie's contemplating pulling the plug on the old blue pages. Here's my question: If he does that, won't this little community of ours automatically disappear? I mean, if there is no thread number 9622, can there even be a 9622.net? Wouldn't that violate the laws of physics? Or is that the laws of astrology? Or the laws of Utah? I'm confused.

9622.net holds a unique place in the space-time continuum. The existence or absence of Big Blue has no relevance whatsoever. I mean, Star Trek without the Borg is still Star Trek, right?

9622: We thrive on paradox

Ouch. No blue. I can understand why Dr. Haughey is bummed out, but it will be a sad day when it goes dark. I don't even go there much anymore, but it was my home away from home for a long time, even though I rarely participated in the "conversation" part. Ugh.

So, what will the monkeys do when the lights go out?

Posted by: readymade on November 6, 2002 05:47 PM

pay the electric bill?

So, what will the monkeys do when the lights go out?

*inter-cranial wisecrack meltdown as brain fills to overflowing with millions of sexually-explicit jokes*

Ah, question answered then.

Posted by: readymade on November 6, 2002 06:13 PM

*lights cigarette, turns to MetaFilter*

Was it good for you?

Posted by: readymade on November 6, 2002 06:14 PM

Nothin' special.

is it supposed to be this quick?

I'd make Matt an offer, but then I'd have to hide the server in one of my company's server racks (since I couldn't afford the bandwidth) and eventually they'd notice it.

Not immediately, but eventually.

couldn't it be done as a distributed computing thing? like with diff bits of mf on diff servers and in diff places, reducing load?

Nothing special? Humph. You community weblogs are spoiled by too many people oohing and ahhing over your performance....just remember those times when you couldn't do anything right for anybody! I've got documentation here!

Posted by: readymade on November 6, 2002 06:43 PM

Just imagine all the riffraff that'd be wandering around in here if MeFi shut down.

Too late, Kaf. Some of us already got in.

They're riff-raffier than we are? yikes. No wonder that matt guy wants to show 'em all the door.

riffraff

*Patiently waits for jonmc to make Rocky Horror reference*

If the blue goes down, then all the folks I enjoy who have blogs will get more of the meta-overflow, errr traffic....

&&& Cold Chef will have to have a blog, or somewhere designated so that I can hear him sound off........with humor.

*Patiently waits for jonmc to make Rocky Horror reference*

You underestimate me kiffkaff.

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