Nom de Plume

Steve’s presents to me included a coconut purse, a rubber hand, a rubber deadly puffer fish (for the dog to chew on), a Hindi poster defining bad habits (destroying property, eating fried foods), a box decorated with an image of Kali and this godawful thing, which he affixed to the mantel:

Naturally, Wayne needed to pose in front of it:

And then, in one final display of testosterone, Steve and Harry joined him:

Kiki had one too many martinis and staggered into the rental car … and off to the airport she and Wayne went. And a good thing too, because she is obviously a very bad influence on my little Harry Potsticker.

By far, the best birthday present this year was the digital camera. So naturally, the first thing I did was to take pictures of the dog.

Countinghouse Blues
Election stolen, group suspects
Wet Ballots Found, Rejected By Voting Machines
State Police investigating voter fraud
Odds of Bush gaining by 4 percent in all exit polling states 1 in 50,000; Evoting/paper variance not found to be significant
Presidential Votes Miscast on E-Voting Machines Across the Country
County looking into possible Election Day voter fraud

Evidence Mounts That The Vote May Have Been Hacked
Group Finds Voting Irregularities in the South
None Dare Call it Voter Suppression and Fraud
Media Blacks Out Voting Problems
Shades of Jim Crow: Election Intimidation 2004
Those New York Blues
Computer Voting Is Open to Easy Fraud, Experts Say (registration required)

Why are morning people so sanctimonous about it? They go to bed early–when normal people are just starting to wake up–and expect you to be quiet and considerate so their rest isn’t disturbed. Yet, they slam around first thing in the morning with no no consideration for others because, after all, “You should be getting up, anyway.”

This, from their site:

THURSDAY Nov. 4 2004: If you are concerned about what happened Tuesday, Nov. 2, you have found a home with our organization. Help America Audit.

We need: Lawyers to enforce public records laws. Some counties have already notified us that they plan to stonewall by delaying delivery of the records. We need citizen volunteers for a number of specific actions. We need computer security professionals willing to GO PUBLIC with formal opinions on the evidence we provide, whether or not it involves DMCA complications. We need funds to pay for copies of the evidence.

And how many of these haven’t been caught?