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 Tuesday, November 05, 2002


News - Political polls may not be reliable because fewer people are answering their phones: http://makeashorterlink.com/?F26252A52

Comment - For example, Brandon has a cell phone, not a land line. That means he does not get calls from pollsters (they can't call cell phones without permission) and maybe the polls under represent his age group.

Get to the polls today and vote! That's the only poll that counts. Save time by going to this Web site and printing out the ballot that will appear at your voting place. You just enter your name and city: https://www.sospublius.org/publiussearch/

News - Rare clear skies last night let me get out into the backyard and do a little observing. But it was cold...

Comment - The Pleiades are fairly high in the sky now at 9 p.m. Andromeda Galaxy is almost overhead, as is one of my favorite sky objects - the Double Cluster in Perseus: http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/ngc/n0869.html

News - 100 hilarious rules for writing: http://alexlockhart.no-ip.org/

Comment - Some examples: "Beware of and eschew pompous prolixity, and avoid the utilization of enlarged words when shortened ones will suffice", "Don't never use no double negatives", and "In all cases, you should never generalize."

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