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After watching a very strange interview on MSNBC last night (I usually watch the last bit of "All In" then Rachel Maddow, and nothing else on that channel) I was amused to find out that Taco Trucks on Every Corner had become a meme overnight. This is my favorite:

I said Eric and I planned to have tacos on Election Day, and someone suggested I create an event for it. So I created Election Day Taco Tuesday. Eric and I tend to follow through when we make menu plans like this, so we'll definitely be figuring out how to have tacos of some sort on Election Day. If you want to join in the fun, post photos of your Election Day meals in the group.

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Self-link: Don't Call Him Arthur!

These rings, they can't possibly be licensed. But they are pretty cool. Who wouldn't want a Legion Ring? Or a complete set of Lantern Rings?

I just thought you all might want a reminder of what Aqualad really looks like, instead of that dreadful rendition in Teen Titans: Year One. The artist must hate Aqualad with a passion to draw him so incredibly ugly.

Making Light has a bit on Making Your Own Fun. Too bad I almost never play games anymore.

What do they mean by "Canadian"?

Lea Hernandez tried to use WINE to install some Windows programs on Ubuntu. As a person who is pretty close to moving over to Ubuntu myself, I'm hoping by the time I need it, WINE will be robust enough to handle the handful of programs I want to run (most notably is CalorieKing).

Warning, a bit gory in places: What the ER would be like if all Urban Legends were real.

LIMERICKS!

Who cut the cables? Nobody knows, but we are assured that it's not a conspiracy. Boing Boing readers are betting on Cloverfield.

Invisible Ink Pens for voters?

Reduce your sodium. I wrote to Banquet after eating a crock pot meal that had WAY too much salt. They just sent me a coupon for another one. *sigh*

Danish Police don't recognize iMacs. Oops.

Ah, exercise!

The Morning After

Well, the people have spoken. At least some of them. I don't yet know what the voter turnout was for this election, but I'm sure we'll once again fall far short of other nations.

In any case, it seems to be bad news in general. I'm speaking of one party gaining control of the House, Senate, and the Presidency. This would be bad no matter what the political party. I'm not too worried, yet. But it does bode ill for the future, in my opinion.

Locally, transportation issues were again drowned out by voters wanting to keep their money in their pockets. Not a surprise in this economy. In fact, just about nothing in this election has been a surprise.

Of course, the local races haven't been completely decided, yet, because all the absentee ballots haven't been counted. But the trends are usually correct... it's like the votes already counted are a representative sample. It's pretty rare for absentee ballots to change anything but a very close race.

In Washington, voters can choose to always vote absentee, so many races are still officially not counted.

Another thing I like about Washington is that we aren't forced to pick a party when we register to vote. It seems genuinely un-American to me to have to join a political party just to be able to vote at all. If I had to pick a political party, I don't know what I'd choose... I generally vote Democrat, but I also agree with Republicans on a number of issues and have been known to vote Republican. And when candidates from both parties reek of political stupidity, I've even been known to pick a third party. I don't consider myself Democrat, nor Republican, nor any other party. So if I had to declare myself a member of one party, I don't think I'd be comfortable doing it.

Anyway, if you didn't vote I hope you are happy with the way things are, because you didn't bother to give your say in it so you can't complain. And if you did vote, Huzzah for you! ... even if your candidate didn't win. At least you let your opinion be counted.

Go Vote

If you haven't yet, do it now. This is the day that you have a say. If you don't vote, people who do vote (including me) get to decide your future.