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The 3rd house in astrology is associated with writing, conversation, personal thoughts, day-to-day things, siblings and neighbors.
Thursday, January 15, 2004I hear there's an election happening
My housemate just crawled out from under her stack of vet school books and asked me, “So what’s this election that’s going on? Who’s running?” (said while standing in my office doorway, glancing at her watch). Well, I suppose a lot of people are just waking up to the elections. I did a quick snoop around online to try to find relatively non-biased sites comparing the Democratic candidates for president. Here are a few helpful sites:
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2004 Presidential Election Candidate Selector – quiz yourself to see who you most agree with (for the record, my results were Clark and Dean, almost even)
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CNN overview by issues or by candidate (a bit oversimplified I think)
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The “anyonebutbush” info site, links to profiles of each candidate on the Project Vote-Smart site (the PVS site itself isn't well organized, but these individual links help)
How cold is it?
From Visual Thesaurus (a fun way to waste time):
Tonight's wind chills -30° to -40° F
Today's winter weather advisory for my area from the noaa:
An outbreak of dangerously cold weather will follow this mornings dusting of snow. Little in the way of additional snow is expected north of the mass turnpike, certainly no more than an inch.
Temperatures will plummet to record levels tonight, in the 10 to 20 below zero range and increasing northwest winds will drive chill values into the very dangerous range of minus 30 to minus 40 degrees below zero. This will make it difficult for vehicles to warm up, can sap battery strength, including cell phones, and if caught in exposed rural areas without proper protection, can be life threatening. If you dont have to travel late tonight and early friday, it is recommended you dont.
This is a very serious outbreak of bitter cold. It could be quite dangerous to those who will be outside, even if for just a few minutes waiting for the bus for example. Frostbite can develop in just 10 minutes with these type of conditions. Dress in many layers and wear a hat to cover the head.
It also helps to wear gloves.