Both house seats in New Hampshire have switched from Republican to Democratic. NH-01 -- Carol Shea-Porter -- was completely unexpected by everyone but Shea-Porter's team. Paul Hodes in NH-02 was a likely bet, but not a sure thing.
#79: It works for you; that's what matters. And it's an elegant solution for the conundrum of having two candidates for whom even "the lesser of two evils" is too tainted for you, when you know which one of them will be running away with the election.
It's too bad Bonifaz couldn't have made more headway against Galvin in the primary. It's one of the things that makes Patrick's ascendance so remarkable and gives me hope for the political system in Massachusetts.
#38: I'm with you, JC. William Galvin needs a swift kick in the pants for way too many reasons, so I'm also going with the Green/Rainbow candidate, Stein. Democratic for everyone else, down to the Registrar of Deeds. I can see Jon's point in #22, but leaving the Secretary of State line blank -- as if I didn't know who the candidates were and what they stood for -- is more than I can contemplate.
If the Green/Rainbow here was like Greens in PA and AZ in that they had accepted Republican backing, I wouldn't be doing this, but as far as I know, the MA party is legit.
Many happy returns of the day, Teresa, and for many, many years to come.
I take it that the number was not 50...though you must enjoy having the Countdown Birthdate for your very own. Did no one get you a rocketship?
> The Acts of the Apostles, Shelly Meyer* [uh…]
Surely that credit should read "Sheldon Mayer*, N.C.S."
Remind me: how often did the apostles have to sit in the corner...?
A follow-on to Lenore's earlier post about WorldCon airfares: there's actually a Virgin Atlantic $765 fare from Newark, NJ (EWR) to Glasgow (GLA), and the same fare from Kennedy (JFK) in NYC. Both are one-stop, changing planes and terminals in Heathrow (LHR), though British Midland handles the Heathrow/Glasgow leg under a variety of codeshares. I only checked for leaving on Aug. 2 or 3, and returning on Aug. 9 (the Aug. 8 returns don't seem to be available at that price).
I found these on ITA software, which is the engine behind Orbitz and a bunch of others, but you can't buy tickets from them so listings do not include service charges -- it's the first place I check when looking for fares, just to see what's out there.
Teresa produced the printout when I saw her this weekend, so it really does exist -- the drool on it was not strictly due to the prologue, at least in my case. Alas that it was in my hands for a comparatively brief time (defined as a period far less than that required to savor the whole); indeed, its removal was as clear a case of sorcerous interruptus as can be imagined.
And no, I can't imagine that any of you are the least bit sorry for me; I doubt I'd be had one of you been in my shoes.
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