Here is a wonderful post on FiveThirtyEight.com that has a quote from Obama that pretty much says it all: The Three Ashleys.

"A legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has found she unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state's public safety commissioner."

I phone-banked last night for the Obama campaign for the first time. It was interesting, though mostly a lot of answering machines.

Continuing from yesterday, there are more pundits that say that the current situation will probably lead to Democrats gaining even larger majorities in both the House and Senate. Stuart Rothenburg writes that, " ( Read more... )

Right now, I have but one word for this election: hope. Of course I remain cautious, but the situation the last several weeks has been very favorable for Obama, and now the media are putting forward stories such as:
Dem strategists see landslide in the making
Is the Electoral Dam Breaking for Obama?
Bush 2004 States Are Tipping to Obama

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Yesterday MSNBC had an article on the best way to waste time on the internet, and one of those was the Fail Blog. It was new to me and completely hilarious, so I thought I would paste a few:

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If I didn't already have 3 Obama t-shirts (well, technically 2 haven't arrived yet), I think I would get this one too: Barack/Buffy t-shirt.

The Evil League of Evil is accepting video applications until October 11th.

Marketwatch had a story on this morning with 3 extremely useful websites related to the phone:

- Ever needed to call someone, but didn't really want to talk to them?  Slydial.com allows you to go straight to voicemail.

- Ever needed an excuse to get off the phone?  Sorrygottago.com allows you to play sound effects like a crying baby, a ringing ( Read more... )

I think I have figured out the college that O will eventually attend:
Jedi Knights Course Offered By Queen's University Belfast

Serenity made in the game Spore!

Has anyone played the game yet?  What do you think?