*fails*

Meanwhile, here's an excellent yard sign:
http://betnoir.livejournal.com/1333584.html

I am an electoral nerd. I love the business of elections the way some people love football. Its compulsive watching even when my team loses. I'm British and an old lefty (of the voices we've been hearing over the past few months I'm probably emotionally most in tune with Jeremiah Wright, with a little bit of Joe Biden thrown in). So I don't have a team in this game. But I know which team I want to see lose.

And I have realised that I do very much want to see Obama win. Not so much because I think he will change anything important in the USA as because it will be evidence that some important things about the USA have already changed. An Obama win might not make America a better place - but it will show that America already is a better place than some of us thought it was.

But the fat lady isn't singing yet. Though maybe she's started humming.

I think she's humming "People get ready..." Or "I was born by the river..." I hope she is.

(This is the first time I've ever even contemplated staying/getting up for an American election. There are going to be huge numbers of people tuning into this worldwide...)

Where's a Time Lord when you really need one?

The Committee for a Livable Future has put together a nice scorecard. They flag their interest on the scorecard, but they do it tastefully.
The state outline map(pdf) from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Education Place will be fun to color and list the Electoral Votes on. Remember to put your name at the top before you pass it to the front of the classroom.
If you've misplaced your crayons, Google has interactive election maps to play with, and the bandwidth to support them.
I'm also downloading a bunch of inspirational YouTube videos for tomorrow. But today I'm watching "Les Misbarak" for inspiration.

The trick is to check when you're in the preview screen. Right after your last edit on your comment, scroll down to the bottom to see the newest posts. Very handy, but not an obvious solution.

Free association football came up with ¡Three Amigos!, featuring the exploits of Dusty Bottoms, Lucky Day, and Ned Nederlander. (Although ML has five moderators, right?)

Jefe: I have put many beautiful pinatas in the storeroom, each of them filled with little suprises.
El Guapo: Many pinatas?
Jefe: Oh yes, many!
El Guapo: Would you say I have a plethora of pinatas?
Jefe: A what?
El Guapo: A *plethora*.
Jefe: Oh yes, you have a plethora.
El Guapo: Jefe, what is a plethora?
Jefe: Why, El Guapo?
El Guapo: Well, you told me I have a plethora. And I just would like to know if you know what a plethora is. I would not like to think that a person would tell someone he has a plethora, and then find out that that person has *no idea* what it means to have a plethora.
Jefe: Forgive me, El Guapo. I know that I, Jefe, do not have your superior intellect and education. But could it be that once again, you are angry at something else, and are looking to take it out on me?

Perhaps I'll have to try mainlining coffee and alcohol tomorrow night...

I'm with LauraJMixon on the excitement vs fear - have you *seen* the polling data on RCP and fivethirtyeight? - but it's still a bit nervewracking until it's all over.

Ken at 3, in my head, the fat lady is singing The Staple Singers. I can see clearly now, the rain is gone....Gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day! (Though it's raining here in CA, which is GOOD, because we need rain, and if it rains today, perhaps it will be clear tomorrow. There are websites where you can check the weather reports for the battleground states, though CA, of course, is not on them because we are BLUE.)

I am looking forward to never hearing another word about or from Joe the Plumber. And I am waiting for a rebirth of wonder.

That's the one that starts "I was born by the river..." :)

(IIRC)

Buttons can be removed easily. A shirt might be a problem unless you have a jacket you can cover it with.

(Fourteen dead Nazis, and counting.)

Th' same with your pal Palin,
One more day,
She's going down tomorrow,
One more day.

No more "Joe the Plumber",
One more day,
His fame is o'er tomorrow,
One more day.

Can you hear that awful howling,
one more day,
Hear them loudly bawling,
One more day.

Get your ballot ready,
One more day,
Vote for Barack tomorrow,
One more day!

It's time for Barack Obama,
One more day,
Victory we'll see tomorrow,
One more day!

*sigh* I'll be glad when it's over.

I suspect I'll be right here, in fact.

The pubs will close long before the polls, though, so I'll be up late in the election thread.