The lottery ticket that is. The banknote is back at the office sitting under Ganesh. Obama's earned us five bucks!

Last week Tau made a bet with a co-worker on the outcome of the U.S. election and won $2.00. He wanted to stake $20.00 but oh well.

Then he took that $2.00 and bought a lottery ticket.

Then he took that lottery ticket and laid it for a week on the belly of the bronze Ganesh who sits above his desk. Remover of Obstacles. Om Shri Ganeshnaya Namah.

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In re Prop 8:

It's been suggested that having gay or lesbian family, friends or co-workers has a sensitizing effect on people. It's obviously not a universal effect however. Associating with the one or two gay people who are rumoured to work in musical theatre did not stop one Scott Eckern, Musical Director of San Francisco's California Musical ( Read more... )

One of the mate's coworkers was at the election night party being thrown by Democrats Abroad and brought me a souvenir - an official campaign button. Neat!


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For the fastest results! Compliments of MSNBC.

The Toronto Star reports:

"MONTREAL - A Quebec comedy duo notorious for prank calls to celebrities and heads of state has reached Sarah Palin, convincing the Republican vice-presidential nominee she was speaking with French President Nicolas Sarkozy."

The Masked Avengers are planning to broadcast the entire six-minute "interview" on Monday night. I' ( Read more... )

Frank Sinatra: Watertown

This album came to my attention a few weeks ago via Boing Boing. Released to poor reviews in 1970, it's arguably the saddest of Sinatra's concept albums. The CD is out of print and used copies are available from the UK starting at about $75.00 CAD. Or... one can simply google the phrase "watertown torrent" but that would be ( Read more... )

Just in Time for Samhain!

"On 28th of August 2008, the Swiss Parliament granted an official pardon to Anna Goeldi who in 1782 was the last person to be executed as a witch in Western Europe. It is time the British government followed this example and this Halloween offered a symbolic pardon to those people who were punished for witchcraft in Britain ( Read more... )

One of the Boys

Rating: R

I fought the law, and I won. - The Dead Kennedy's version

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For my few American friends who haven't seen this yet.

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