October 23, 2004

• SATURDAY POEM I ADMIRE

  almond trees

  The pink is drained from the dusk.
  One feels the valley blue, as much as sees.
  Body senses waken for the night.
  Driving through the gauntlet of blooming almond trees,
  White in the dark, the heart wins out. Tears are purged
  For a country perversely bent to war.

  Michael Irwin, 62, acupuncturist, teacher, Poet Against the War
  

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  Deep Thought: I guess of all my uncles, I liked Uncle Cave Man the best. We called him Uncle Cave Man because he lived in a cave and because sometimes he’d eat one of us. Later on we found out he was a bear.
  Today I am grateful for: Swing voters
  Guess the Movie: “What difference does it make where you buy underwear? Underwear! Underwear is Underwear! It’s Underwear wherever you buy it! In Cincinnati or Wherever! Answer: Rain Man, 1988.
  Polls Today: Kerry 257/Bush 254. EVP: “
  Florida can’t make up its collective mind. It’s tied again. A new Insider Advantage poll puts the race there dead even, with Bush and Kerry each getting 46%. As a result, Kerry edges ahead nationally again, with 257 votes in the electoral college to Bush’s 254. However, if we look at the strong+weak totals for each candidate, Bush leads 209 to 205, with 124 really too close to call. According to the latest polls, these are Florida, Iowa, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. However, in my judgement based on a number of recent polls rather than just the last one, Kerry will win New Jersey, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania. The others are true tossups. None are relative safe for Bush. If we count these three as Kerry wins, the “hard” totals are Kerry 246, Bush 209, still a tossup.”
  End of Day: 9:49 pm
  + = Got a great photo of a darkroom from someone today that inspires me to keep at having one myself.
  - = I hate addiction.
  

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