Hell-o-ween

In terms of sheer nuisance factor, Halloween may be my least favorite holiday. Added to an hour of constant doorbell ringing and passing out candy they don't need to a steady stream of trick-or-treaters, Halloween marks the onset of a holiday season that includes Thanksgiving and Christmas and is pure commercial overkill. From October 31st until December 26th, life is just one sustained hassle. Humbug.

Election day is Tuesday, although thousands of folks already have their voting behind them. Since I live in one of the reddest states, I'm not enthusiastic enough about voting to do it early. Speedbump is going to get around 60 percent of the Texas vote regardless of who I vote for or whether I vote at all. The polls are showing a number of undecided voters; anyone who's still undecided at this point needs to skip the whole thing. I think the current euphemism is "low information voters." I'll argue that too many low-information primates always vote, which is why we get shit like eight years of bush and cheney and everything that's resulted from that fiasco. So fuck any voter who's undecided four days before a presidential election. Stay the fuck on the couch and have another sack of potato chips.

Gasoline at the nearby Exxon station is down to 2.31 per gallon this afternoon. I filled up both cars last week when the price had dropped to two-fifty. Should've waited a few days to save a few dollars. Apparently gas prices weren't dependent on ANWR drilling after all.

I'm appropriating a new nickname for Palin: Spiro Igloo. I spotted that on the internet today and thought it fit. Ted Stevens, convicted on seven counts of official corruption, plans to win his Senate seat again Tuesday. What's the story with Alaska anyway ? The only two Alaskan politicians anyone can name are total punks.

Tonight I watched The McLaughlin Group on PBS to see how the panel would predict the election. That scuzzy bimbo Monica Crowley has totally ruined the show for me, and I've decided tonight was the last time I'll watch it. Unless Barry wins Tuesday - then I'll tune in one final time for the pleasure of seeing Crowley try to rationalize the national repudiation of everything she stands for.