Sunday night Brooke and I met up with our friend, Toni, for her birthday at a jazz club in DC. Sunday is Open Mike Night, and they had some really good musicians. Toni did a really good job singing "My Funny Valentine." Owing to the lateness of the party and a bit too much wine, I went into work late on Monday. Since Monday was the first day ( Read more... )

I showed up a little before 5am. There were already people in line to vote! When the polls opened at 6, we had an estimated 1.5 wait for the end of the line. I started out at the electronic poll book checking people in, so I kept up with our vote counts. In the first 3 hours, we voted ~750 people. I didn't see the end of the line until after 9. The ( Read more... )

All pictures can be found hereFriday we went to the Crime and Punishment Museum. The staff really got into decorating with cobwebs, ghosts, and other paraphernalia. The museum has lots of interactive things which wouldn't have been near as much fun had the museum been crowded. They even have police driving and shooting simulations. The entrance fee ( Read more... )

Hurray for having the day off work! I did bring some work home with me this weekend though. We have hired an outside group to look at several of our surveys and advise us on how we can improve what we do. I work on two of the surveys they are looking at, so I have to give part of the introductory presentation on Wednesday. This is the first talk I' ( Read more... )