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Information about voting in Wisconson. I'll be doing so right after school today. (I really should have done it early, but I never quite got to it.)

http://www.unitedwisconsin.com/be-a-voter

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I'm home after having voted. I'm regretfully passing up serinthia and todd_riverden's pleasant company again in order to: finish the reading and thinking I need to do for my anthro class, do my homework and practice test for my stats class, think about an outline for my next history paper, and if I get to it, do some astronomy reading. Whee. If it's not super-late when I'm done, I'll go grocery shopping. And I should probably do some laundry.
All the while, I'll try not to be distracted by the disturbing thought that Barack Obama may not win reelection.

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Discussion of a sometimes overlooked potential difference in poly dating vs monogamous dating. (To wit: that you don't have to approach everyone you might be dating in a poly relationship as a life-long partner.)

http://theferrett.livejournal.com/1775375.html

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It's difficult to express my relief at the reelection of Barack Obama. We will have, hopefully, continued healthcare coverage via Obamacare. We will have, hopefully, progressive appointments on the SCotUS when vacancies likely open up during the next four years. I feel really positive about the future.

I have been unable to do anything other than watch election coverage and talk with Bob Allen and Timothy Raymond Allen. An irrational part of my brain kept telling me that, if I wasn't watching, something horrible was going to happen. I voted, I contributed money, and somehow staying up late and watching the polls coming in felt, on an emotional level, like another contribution. Contributing psychic energy or some such nonsense.

But I'm glad. I'm feeling really good.

I'm pretty damned excited to have Tammy Baldwin representing my state in the senate, too!

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I have no interest in smoking marijuana, or using any other mind-altering substances. I don't like not being in control of what's going on in my brain. Or at least, I like having the modicum of control that's allowed to me by the vagueries of biology allow me to have. (See danaeris; I spelled it right this time! *grins*)

But I absolutely think it should be legal and taxable. All the people in jail for victimless drug crimes, and all the people whose lives are destroyed via drug smuggling and violence are compelling reasons for legalization to me. If alcohol is legal, pot should be legal. I'll be extremely interested in following how Colorado goes here as a test case for the nation, and how the federal government responds, given their anti-drug stance in California.

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I have too much positive nervous energy tonight to get myself to go to bed. But I really should.

Great big hugs to everyone who's sharing in my celebrations tonight, even if you're just alone in a room with a computer like I am. And if you contributed your vote to some or all of these progressive outcomes, congratulations everyone. We all built that.