View From the Bushes

Am I the only one overcome with excitement about tomorrow's election? Last I checked, Slate had the election at 269 to 269 with Bush eventually carrying the day after it ends up being decided in the House. How exciting would that be? I asked one of my co-workers if she was excited and she said, "No, I'm nauseated. I'm so nervous that Bush will be our president for another four years. There will be no wilderness left, all of us will glow from the radiation, Roe V. Wade will be overturned..." I tried to convince her that none of those things were likely to happen, but she was inconsolable.

I'm still trying to put together my list of who I'm going to vote for. I've managed to nail down all of the races except the local school board. On that one I'm having a hard time even figuring out which district I'm in so I can figure out who's even running. Normally there is a sample ballot online, but this time, try as I might, I could not find one on the Salt Lake County website. Of course there have been quite a few changes to the people on the ballot for County Mayor so maybe that's slowing them up.

Other than that the weekend was kind of interesting: two sick kids, the majority of Saturday spent scoping out potential family reunion sites and Sunday dishes. So not a lot to report there. I did run the family campaign on Friday. That was fun, and until I started talking about it just now I had almost forgotten that we had our first insta-kill on Friday (we're playing with that optional rule). The funny thing was that it wasn't even one of the regular players. My sister was sitting in because it was her birthday and her husband was out of town. I gave her the Orcish Raider card from my miniature set. Next thing I know she's rolling a 20 (which is uncommon enough at that table) then as she rolls yet another 20 when she attempts to confirm the crit. We're already at 1 in 400 odds and she still has to roll an 11 or better to confirm the insta-kill (1 in 800). She does, and there is much rejoicing.

Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero
Ross