New political drinking game rule: you have to take a drink every time John McCain says "my friends".

New political drinking game rule: you have to take a drink every time Hillary Clinton begins a sentence with "you know…"

Reading the Washington 2008 delegate selection plan to find out how to become a delegate to the national convention.

Another thing that annoys me about the Clinton campaign: gratuitous use of Arial Bold Italic on campaign signage.

A little over two weeks ago I went to the Washington State caucuses for the first time. It was a pretty interesting experience. The turnout was pretty immense. In my precinct alone, we had around 45 people; enough that 2/3 of us had to stand because there was no more room at the table. Most of the precincts were like this, and we all barely fit into the tiny school cafeteria.

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How is it that Marilyn Manson played in Seattle on Monday and nobody bothered to even tell me they were coming to town?

Redmond smells like mouldy car carpet tonight.

Last year they were talking about the inevitability of Clinton’s campaign. Now they’re talking about its viability.

Boy, Larry King looks like he’s got one foot in the grave. I’m starting to wonder if he’s going to make it through the year.

Just got back from the caucus. Obama got 70% in my precinct, and I got voted to be a delegate! Full blog post about it tonight.

Watching "To Kill a Mockingbird" for the first time since high school. The performances are better than I remember.

As you’re probably aware, a week or so ago I sent an email to Sen. Patty Murray asking her to endorse Barack Obama. I finally got a response today. Here it is:

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Why does every single source give wildly different numbers for the delegate counts? No two news agencies seem to agree.

After all these years, I finally have a need for an Automator action.