{"id":43,"date":"2004-11-02T17:25:29","date_gmt":"2004-11-02T17:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josh.ev9.org\/weblog\/?p=43"},"modified":"2004-11-02T17:25:29","modified_gmt":"2004-11-02T17:25:29","slug":"election-excitement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josh.ev9.org\/weblog\/archives\/43","title":{"rendered":"Election Excitement!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d be willing to lay down a hefty sum of money that says that at least 90% of all blogs that are published today somehow mention the presidential election that is taking place.  It is a pretty exciting thing&#8230;this election.  Both everything <i>and<\/i> nothing is on the line.  No matter who wins, our everyday lives <i>will<\/i> go back to normal.  I&#8217;m not here to debate that fact, because I&#8217;m sure some will&#8230;but I&#8217;ll skirt right on past the details&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I arrived at my polling place at 7:40 this morning, and was out the door by 8:40.  The room was filled with nerves, but it was fun for me.  Of course, the party representatives all looked at me with glaring looks when I whipped out my California State driver&#8217;s license&#8230;they all checked their books to make sure I wasn&#8217;t breaking any federal laws.  I just wanted to vote at a real machine instead of using the boring old absentee ballots.  This was my first experience of voting at the machines&#8230;I really wanted to take a picture of myself doing it, but didn&#8217;t work up the gumption to do so while I was in the booth.  <\/p>\n<p>The interface I used to vote was error-prone in many respects.  I don&#8217;t want to get too into the details, suffice it to say that it could use some work.  Also, to our backs was a set of windows which looked out to the parking lot, which was a bit worrisome.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad I voted, and if you haven&#8217;t done so, you should do it soon!   The results will be in at some point tonight, probably long after I&#8217;m in bed.  This whole East-Coast time thing is pretty weak when it comes to election results.  Late night news in old Cali&#8217; is on <i>really<\/i> late here, and I probably won&#8217;t be able to stay up for it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In other news, a small sum of money is burning a hole in my pocket.  I&#8217;ll be good and not buy anything, but it&#8217;s still fun to think about things that would be <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;rd=1&amp;item=5728094166&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT\">cool to buy on Ebay<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>I have a lot of reading to do, and election results to research, so peace outside to you.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. (I&#8217;ve never P.S.ed before in a blog entry, is that legal?) You can&#8217;t buy alcohol in Indiana on election day until the polls close, isn&#8217;t that strange?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d be willing to lay down a hefty sum of money that says that at least 90% of all blogs that are published today somehow mention the presidential election that is taking place. It is a pretty exciting thing&#8230;this election. Both everything and nothing is on the line. 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