Democrat Jon Tester has been called as the victor in Montana after one recount! That means that the Democrats currently have fifty seats to the Republicans fourty-nine; however, since the tie-breaking vote is the Leader of the Senate which is the Vice President, the Democrats have to take Virginia to have a majority. Democrat Webb has won in ( Read more... )

Holy shit, the main media outlets called the Governor's race for Deval at 8pm -- the instant (most of) the poll closed. What the fuck? Way to combat voter apathy, media. And way to follow through on not celebrating victories until all the votes have been counted, Democrats. Grrrr.

Other instances of madness in this election include poor and ( Read more... )

I am currently sitting and watching the election results come in on BBC News 24 and Sky News. Well, not exactly currently, as the television is in the lounge and I am in the hall at the computer. I am also periodically checking boston.com.

So far, I am elated to hear that Republican Rick Santorum has been unseated as the Senator from ( Read more... )

I got my ballot late this year due to the incompetency of the Massachusetts Elections Division, but was able to send it back on 20 October due to excellent time management (ie, spending a couple of days not doing much else in my free time) and being known well by the Burlington Town Hall. (This does not explain why it then took me over two weeks ( Read more... )

Lexington and Burlington, 12 August 2004
I had separate quality time with both of my parents whilst I was visting with them in Burington.

My mother took me to get pampered; we went to Lexington, where I got my hair done at the Paul Mammola Salon where I used to go as a child and across the street to her regular spa for a manicure and my first ever ( Read more... )

phamos818 posted a link to TerraServer, which gives aerial photos and topographical maps for addresses, places, and two types of coordinates (decimal degrees and DMS). Sorry Brits, it's currently for the United States only ( Read more... )