:: A Massive Election ::

My "day off" (from theatrical activities at least) was squandered in spectacular - but non-alcoholic - style yesterday, when I realised I had left my mobile at Little Timmy's house the night before. Arriving in deepest West London to pick it up, I was promptly invited in for dinner with LT and his charming wife, Double ElL. Several hours later I had become glued to the sofa, watching the Dead Ringers US Election Special and the new series of Little Britain.

Lest we forget, tonight's the night when half the American Electorate chooses who'll rule the world for the next four years. With my current schedule, I'll sadly have to decline Taxloss' offer of hospitality whilst compiling online election bulletins throughout the night. With both sides bemoaning this most negative of campaigns, it's interesting to contemplate how few people are voting positively for one candidate or the other. How many people are going for Kerry simply because he isn't Dubya. I know I would. Many analyses of the choice befalling the American electorate point to the fact that there probably isn't much to choose between the candidates. And as Taxloss notes, even lazy headline writers are having trouble finding original ways to describe the head-to-head contest...

Well, it's nice to know that the citezen's of the US haven't given up on reason altogether. In that particular piece the following sentence stands out: "The charity shop was selling clothes to raise funds for a group that buys protective vests for police dogs." Not for the first time tday did I wonder what state the world was in...