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Can we call it yet?

November 5, 2008

I am exhausted.  It has been a long, stressful day and I can barely keep my eyes open.  The election is pretty much decided for Obama, but I’ve got to wait and see what happens with Virginia.  The polls had me convinced Virginia would go easily blue this year, but 3.5 hours after the polls [...]

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Election Day is finally here

November 4, 2008

We made it!  It’s been a long campaign season and I gotta say, it’s pretty interesting being in a swing state for once, but I’ll be plenty happy for Virginia to go solidly blue in the future.  I can’t imagine how people in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida go through this every four years.  I guess [...]

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A Day In

November 1, 2008

It’s been slightly over 24 hours since I’ve been back in the US and wow, it’s like ELECTION ELECTION ELECTION!!! If it’s not constant campaign ads, it’s all over the news, on people’s lawns, on their cars, being discussed by everyone and their mother. I’m surprised there’s not more election fatigue, cause I think I’m [...]

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Back in the Commonwealth

November 27, 2005

I arrived back in Virginia on Thursday afternoon. It turns out my grandfather has stage IV cancer that has spread to the local lymph nodes. I plan on staying here for the next month to help care for him. It’s been a bit stressful so far and my back is killing me from all the [...]

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