Seriously, WHAT is taking so long? 30% of precincts are reporting, two and a half hours after polls close? Get your scene together already! And are you seriously telling me that 58% of you can vote for a historic candidate, can vote a black man into the White House and break the color barrier in …
Daily Archives: 4 November, 2008
The End of an Era
Time for a new liveblogging post. I’ll put new entries up at the top like I usually do so it’s a little easier to follow. I’m listening to NPR talk about the “end of an era,” with Republicans losing seats all over the place and the Democrats turning red states blue. Republicans of all stripes …
Heating Up
And not just because I am roasting things in the oven. Polls on the East Coast are closed/closing soon, and I think we’re going to start seeing some action soon. The FiveThirtyEight home page is covered in all kinds of groovy charts and graphs, and I suspect that’s where I will be hanging out tonight. …
Book 333: Callgirl
Callgirl is, as you might imagine, a callgirl’s memoir. The author got started in the profession a little late, turning to sex work when she realized that she wasn’t making enough money as a college instructor to pay the bills. She’s also an anthropologist, and she utilized her experiences in prostitution to come up with …
My Prediction
Pretty much identical to 538. But hey. Now it’s preserved for posterity.
Election Day! (Two)
Well, polls start closing in two hours, and then this party is really going to get started. FiveThirtyEight just issued their final projection, 349 Obama to 189 McCain. We’ll see how accurate they are. If you’re a fan of gadgets, and I sure am, here you go. We’ve got the 538 feed for ya right …
Election Day!
I’m so excited that pretty much all I am capable of doing today is running around the house chasing my own shadow. I figure I don’t need to remind y’all to vote (since many of you already have), but, uhm, please go vote. Vote early, vote…well I guess I shouldn’t say “often” because I am …