doodledee

Work has been busy. Here's some stuff I've done, though.

• Watched an awesome Frontline. My fake Tivo screwed up and didn't record it so I had to watch all 90 minutes of it online via Windows Media Player. Yuck.
• Got in an argument with some conspiracy minded Deadhead buddies of mine about the ballot numbers from a county in Ohio. A couple of wacko websites had picked up on the numbers because the 'ballots cast' totals were way higher than the number of registered voters in each precinct. My buddies were convinced that 90,000 'mystery votes' had somehow been cast for Bush. Willing to think for myself, I just called the number on the county in question's website and asked Kathy the Election Lady to clear it up for me, which she totally did. She also took down my first name and the state I was calling from. She'd been getting lots of calls and was having fun keeping track of how far and fast the controversy was spreading. (Related: Vote Fraud Theories, Spread by Blogs, Are Quickly Buried [nyt])
• Lost a game of Scrabble to Libby. Like by 200 points. It's was horrible. She got a bingo (I-N-S-T-E-A-D) on like her second play. At one point I had 4 I's 2 U's and an E. Ouch.
• Refused to be sucked into LostEdinaDog-gate, a story that dominated both the front and letters pages of the Strib for the last week or so. Hey rubes, did you ever think that maybe, just maybe, the Strib runs a "rich prick from Edina loses expensive dog" story on the front page just to generate buzz? Because it seems pretty obvious to me. So spare me your Edina bashing and have a look in the mirror, because that's where the real joke is. (Related: $1,600 Edina dog returned to owners [duluthsup] Thanks for the follow up!)
• Ate two Tex-Mex breakfasts in less than 7 days. Ohhhh yeah. That'salotta harshbrowns.
• Started another season of soccer. I've pretty much atrophied in the 5 weeks since outdoor season ended so after our first game I had to walk very slowly to my car, focusing with all my might on trying not to barf. Then I had a bagel and I felt better.
• Relaxed at our dining room table, read the Sunday paper and watched the neighbor lady sweep her leaves into our yard. (She did it last year, too.) After watching her for 15 minutes I just got up and went outside and fiddled in the garage to guilt her into quitting. It worked, but seriously, who does that stuff?