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Took today off work to shop for the World Fantasy Convention. We still have a few loose ends to tie up, stinky cheese being one of them. I also have to go and get a final copy of the bheer order from our supplier, and place a couple of food orders at local restaurants. We are going to help Geri move things to DreamHaven for trucking downtown. I suspect I'll have to help spring panels for the art show out of the Minicon storage locker as well sometime today. I've also got five copies of keys (cut by a locksmith) I need to deliver to my aunt's (and check that they work).

The Elections office called last night and it sounds as if somebody through a monkey wrench into the works. Elections are usually quiet things in Minnesota, the last excitement was when a governor candidate got caught skinny dipping with kiddies and bailed. We've already got a dead senator on the ballot, the DFL suing to fix the absentee ballots (which I don't think can get fixed at this late date), and the master Bushie himself coming into town to campaign for the local resident Dr. Evil (Norm Coleman). Wellstone's sons took a bit of wind out of the Bushie's sails by asking the high Dr. Evil (Cheny) to stay away from theWellstone Memorial (NY Times) last night. They sent the ex-governor of Wisconsin instead, Tommy Thompson, who mangled the Anthrax scare so well. There's one candidate the court's won't let be on the ballot (residency in the district requirements) and a printer devil or two gumming up the works. Plus, the new DFL candidate for senate has not been announced yet (widely considered to be Walter Mondale). Election HQ is busy this year. Well, they're always busy around the election, but it just keeps ratcheting up this year.

Good Op-Ed article on Gay history.Article. Also one on Rumsfeld. Article.

"We Americans are not great herring-eaters, although we speak of misleading data as "red herrings" (because smoked herrings were once used by poachers to throw dogs off a fox's scent). And we sing of 'darling Clementine,' who shod her feet, size 9, with 'herring boxes without topses.'" R.W. Apple Jr. In today's NY Times.Article.

Time to finish the food section, head out to the bheer supplier, and off to Geri's.