The NY Times (registraction required) has an article today on blogs doing amateur election fraud analysis and on examples of where they were recently wrong:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/12/politics/12theory.html?hp&ex=1100322000&en=bef1453564cd6e4e&ei=5094&partner=homepage

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I don't think I've posted much to my LJ about politics in the past week or so. As such... ( Political babbling and rantine behind the cut to hide it from people who are tired of reading about politics stuff. )

Whee! Here's a photo of the costume I made this year of Invader Zim's Professor Membrane:



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By popular demand, here are the recipes for a few of the chocolate truffle flavors that I've made recently. This includes the "Habanero Chipotle Tequila":

http://web.mit.edu/nygren/Public/recipes/ChocolateTruffles.txt

Since people seem so fascinated by the Bush jacket bulge story, here are two more "photos" that have surfaced from last week's debate. ( Beyond the cut... )

The plush sawzall that I made in the spring for the child of two friends of mine has finally been presented. The parents were greatly amused. The child wasn't quite sure how to operate it. Some people on the dinner trip suggested that he needed plush safety goggles first.

Either way, this means I can finally post pictures... :-)


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If you are in the Boston area, remember to go vote tomorrow!

Having met both of the candidates for my district, I'm endorsing Avi Green.

( Links to info about many of the Camberville candidates. )

Not hugely much is new in life since previous posts, but I have been fairly busy. Yesterday afternoon I picked up a new bookcase and I've been using this as an opportunity to try and declutter my room. So far, I've mostly been failing, but that could just be an intermediate state. I have waaay too much crap. At least my fiction books now have a ( Read more... )

Per the wonder of camera phones, some amusing pictures of things I saw in the world this week... ( McD's isn't fuzzy, suspicious packages, and trucks on tracks. )

The thunder and lightning earlier tonight was really spiffy, even if it has felt too humid. I had a fairly good evening around the house my myself tonight, even if too much of it was behind a TV ( Read more... )