Well, I’m surprised, but I imagine that Bush has the election (and he does have the popular vote, this time). Very close, but it has been throughout. No matter who takes it, I’m not looking forward to the whiny-baby antics that are sure to follow both by losing politicians and voters that didn’t get their guy. If you didn’t vote… well, I hope that you get the guy you wanted, because that’s the guy you got.

Also, I think the electoral system is el-sucko, no matter who wins.

Something that I’m thinking about… The tight race that’s been going on… it’s weird, but most bloggers that I read lean to democrat, about 2:1 over republican. I wonder under which hobby that would be switched around, to balance out?

Most of the people that I used to game with didn’t bother to vote. If pressed to pull a figure out of the air, I’d guess that maybe one in five would vote for president.. and only perhaps one in twenty would vote in lesser elections. Gamers are generally suffer from slacker-itis, in my experience.

I have to remember to ask GP about the Halloween game.

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Gauhati, India — Monkeys lurking at an ancient Hindu temple in India’s northeast have attacked up to 300 children over three weeks, temple officials said Tuesday.

“They hide in trees and swoop on unsuspecting children loitering about in the temple premises or walking by, clawing them and even sucking a bit of blood,” Bani Kumar Sharma, a priest at the Kamakhya temple in Assam state, said.

The temple, one of the most famous in India, is located in Gauhati, Assam’s capital.

“I was returning home from school when a monkey suddenly pounced on me, scratched my head and hand and pushed me to the ground,” said Jolly Sharma, a six-year-old girl.

At least 2,000 rhesus monkeys roam in and around the temple but none had shown aggressive behavior in the past, the priest said.

Monkeys are often found in tens of thousands of temples across India. They are seen as a symbol of Hanuman, the monkey god, and devotees visiting temples often feed them. While occasional attacks by monkeys are not uncommon at temples, the sudden surge in attacks at the Gauhati temple has experts perplexed.

Some said the Gauhati monkeys may be turning violent because of shrinking living spaces, or because animals once kept as pets might not have been able to adjust to new lives around the temple.

“The loss of habitat due to increased human settlement in the hills around the temple and the release of monkeys kept confined at home…could be among the reasons for some of the monkeys behaving in a weird manner,” said Narayan Mahanta, a wildlife official in Gauhati.

Three monkeys were randomly tranquillized by wildlife officials over the weekend and have been taken to the Gauhati Zoo where they will be examined in search of clues to explain the changing behavior, Mahanta said.

Whatever happened to monkey pox, anyhow?

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Neck kerchief, handkerchief. Which came first? Etymology: Middle English courchef, from Old French cuevrechief, from covrir to cover + chief head

Hand-held head covering? bleh.

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1 year ago – lots of lj “coming soon”, AIM costumes, got a pointless commode, , nice chat, Awesome music (get these, if you want to hear my current palmtop “wandering” mp3s), eye placement, 50 icons available, Pellucidar, City of Dead girls

2 years ago – Smitty-chat, bunnies, SOP, heroclix painting, ghost busters toons online

3 years ago – trogs, color-poll, hurricane, Hateful things

4 years ago – R&J <3

5 years ago – Newt moves to kibble from liquid food.