Archive for March, 2006
On unity in DuPage
Growing up in Boston in the 80s, I was a big Celtics fan. It was hard not to be: it was the team of Danny Ainge, Dennis Johnson, Kevin McHale, Bill Walton (in ’85 and ’86), Robert Parish and of course Larry Bird.
One thing stands out for me about the Celtics in the 80s, more […]
Terrible web strategy, part 2
Over the weekend, Robin was telling me she wanted to keep a wishlist online. Amazon’s wish list is nice, but it’s exclusive to Amazon products (and Amazon partners). Why not have a wish list that could span multiple sites?
To which I proclaimed, “I have the answer! Del.icio.us!” (It’s hard to pronounce those periods when you’re […]
Terrible web strategy, part 1
Our real estate and auto insurance agent recently retired, and sold his practice to an agent whose office is quite a few miles away from us. While we don’t have to interact with our agent too often, it’s nevertheless nice to have someone in the community to deal with when the need arises.
Robin visited the […]
Snakes on a Plane - Hollywood Reporter catches the fever
Hollywood Reporter shares the frenzy over Snakes on a Plane. Just 147 days left and counting.
I love that they’re including a signature line by Jackson because of fan interest: “the filmmakers do concede that the Jackson line will be in the movie for the sake of the fans.” What’s the line? Read the article.
Mark my […]
Touch screens and voting accountability
Henry raises a fascinating, and disturbing, consequence of voting by differing means, and the potential to determine exactly who someone voted for. This is a non-trivial matter, and something that needs further attention.
Looks good for Debra Shore
One last note: With just over 60% of the results in, great to see that Debra Shore is the top vote getter right now for Water District Commissioner. Fingers crossed for the rest of the results…
Election night recap
I’m crashing, been up since 4am (to catch that oh-dark-hundred flight to NYC) and am finally spent. Some quick observations on a few big winners tonight:
Barack Obama. He backed Alexi Giannoulias over Speaker Madigan (whose candidate was Paul Mangieri). Alexi, armed with a TV ad featuring Senator Obama, won handily. That’s more than a symbolic […]
Cegelis addresses supporters
I’m blogging all of this from a hotel room in NYC (business travel!), but just heard from Brian Sebby, who’s at Cegelis’s party. She just addressed supporters, said that things are too close and it’ll be a long night.
With only 3 DuPage precincts left (and 40% Cook precincts left), my calculations have Tammy up by […]
Tribune declares for Shannon
Congrats to Joe Shannon, who the Tribune is declaring a victor in the 13th Congressional primary.
204 Referendum Passes
With 95% reporting in DuPage, there’s no question but that the 204 Referendum has passed. 2800 vote margin in Will County, and a 1300 vote margin (and counting) in DuPage. (Why I supported the referendum.)
OUTSTANDING.
Update: 100% of DuPage is in, 7170 yes, 6042 no. Which brings the final tally to:
Yes: 14,223 (58.1%)
No: 10,254 (41.9%)
That’s a […]
