While waiting for the results to come in tonight, enjoy this cute video of kids on election day:


Also, I voted for Barack Obama today, and it feels wonderful. :D

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Story behind the ad: here.

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BONUS!
Mates of State - "Get Better"

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This is possibly the nerdiest proposal I have ever seen. A Computer Science major proposes to his girlfriend by hacking her copy of Chrono Trigger (a game for the Super Nintendo) and adding a new level.

(skip to about 6:20 for actual proposal)

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"On October 17th, 2008, I proposed to my (now) Fiance. Originally I wanted to retun to the site of our ( Read more... )

There's a very interesting article on Slate.com about how parenting style has a high correlation with party affiliation.

"The surveys ask, for example, if voters thought it more admirable if a child was independent or showed respect for elders. Should a child be obedient or self-reliant? Curious or well-mannered? Considerate or well-behaved ( Read more... )

I'm still a bit drunk as a type this. This will be exciting!

On a non-depressing and non-political note (rare for me, I know), I got drunk for the second time ever tonight at my friend Jeff's 24th birthday party. It was fun. A lot of fun, actually. Jeff's fiance Kristy has incredibly good taste in alcohol, and she introduced me to a world of new ( Read more... )

Text from McCain robo-calls: “You need to know that Barack Obama has worked closely with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, whose organization bombed the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon, a judge’s home, and killed Americans,’’ a McCain robo-caller tells voters. And Democrats will enact an extreme leftist agenda if they take control of Washington. Barack ( Read more... )

Woman at a McCain rally says she can't vote for Obama because "he's an Arab". McCain replies: "No, ma'am. No, ma'am. He's a decent family man, citizen, that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues ( Read more... )

FiveThirtyEight.com is a wonderful website. It takes all the individual state polls, weighs them by how accurate that particular pollster has been in the past, does some statistical mumbo jumbo with it (read the helpful FAQ for more info) and shows the projected electoral college votes on a map.

Let's turn the country blue.