Zeke and I got up at the crack of dawn and started the two and a half mile walk into town. Zeke sniffed the latest news from the ditch and I waved at neighbors driving by.
We wound up at the church (community room fitted up for our ward's election) about fifteen minutes early, six people in line ahead of us. I tied Zeke to a nearby poll, er, pole and we waited.
Wayne, the UPS guy who delivers to our office showed up a couple minutes later and made faces at Zeke, causing him to break out in song. I had to go over and tell him to shutup and lay back down. A lady in line came over to give him a biscuit. Some people always have biscuits.
The doors were opened at 8 by a volunteer and a local cop (K9 division sans dog). We filed into the sub-chamber to be looked up by name and checked off the list, given a ballot, vote using a marker on paper, re-looked up and marked off another list, and finally the ballot slid into a paper shredder. Well, it looked like a paper shredder but was probably an electronic ballot reader.
Zeke was happy to see me and to have the leash removed. Kerry & Bush sign wavers both said he was a good dog, and we walked the last mile to the office.
Jeff, who lives and voted in Vermont, brought the Cupcakes of Democracy to work this morning. They were having a bake sale outside his voting house. (the ugly photo is my doing)
Voter experiences across the country over at Kottke. Voting Story at FTrain.
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email thisCool satellite photo over at MODIS of the fall colors. PA looks pretty cool. Be sure to click a higher resolution link on the right side.
this was the view from our hotel. It's not as bucolic as it appears since a main road through the entire valley is just down the hill on the right and the car noise was incredibly loud. Still it was a wonderful spot.
Really nice symmetrical composition, and quite relaxing looking.
We are planning to remodel our bathroom sometime in the next decade (started thinking about it last decade). It's fun to visit showrooms, read mags, and research on the web but making a decision is nearly impossible.
As with anything there's always a company or two that cater to the "luxury" class. Like this Jason Shower/Jacuzzi Bath. Only $4.5k and it's yours! Don't forget the optional dome top.
There are faucets which dole out water as if from a waterfall. Temperature controlled dials. Showers with jets on all sides to envelope you in soothing spray, or make you feel like you are going through a car wash. Whirlpools, air tubs, heated head rests, and towel warming racks.
No word yet on the Jetson ultra-sonic shower unit.
Cool story Jerry. I saw it at Kottke, so I came over here to see what else was up.
Thanks, Chris. Nice to see you again.
Story was interesting but how'd those cupcakes taste?
Well, frankly, democracy cupcakes are a rather bland lot. They seem hesitant to step outside themselves, express their inner cupcakeness, depart from the status quo.
Taste is more than sprinkle deep...