Dodged another bullet

Turns out that McCain can't fit us into his dance card after all.  And here I was all dressed up for the ball . . .

Where's non-proliferation when you really need it?

The robo-calls have insinuated themselves into State Representative races here in Maine -- a level that involves only a few thousand voters.  I know a few of those candidates, and Shall Have Words with them.

Who's next?

*cue Tom Lehrer*

The wonders of modern technology.

First pillage, *then* burn

Well, we shut down the candy store before 6:40 PM, having handed out exactly* 274 little packets of candy corn.  And I still hear kids out there, rampaging from door to door.  The Monsters have come to Maple Street.

*Yes, Wife counted them ahead of time.  The boys come by any OCD traits honestly.