Election Tale: I stood in line for a little over TWO HOURS yesterday to vote. My wife was just out of surgery, and on crutches, so she qualified for "curbside voting." I drove her up to the polling place, a judge came out with her ballots, and she checked 'em off in about ten minutes. (The queue of ambulatory voters stretched backward for three-plus hours in duration while we left.)

Weather: On and off days of freezing rain. The roofers have started on our house by the way. They have to tar-paper their stripping work before they leave.

Wildlife: Daylight Savings Time means I don't have as much risk hitting deer on the roads in the mornings -- the evenings are DARK though -- high beams for me.

In The Community: I'm videotaping our college's current events this morning -- there's a break in the bad weather for an hour or two, so we're going outdoors!

Media Watch: Halloween weekend had some dandy dawg-assed shows on the satellite TV. FMC showed the laughingly pathetic Chandu the Magician from 1932 with Bela Lugosi, co-directed by the great production designer William Cameron Menzies. He was employed on Thief of Baghdad, Things to Come, Gone with the Wind, and Around the World in 80 Days, as well as being the director of the dawg-assed 'classic' Invaders from Mars.
IFC had Tom Savini introducing movies directed by Italian greats Mario Bava and Dario Argento.