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Evidently Barney -- president Bush's dog, not the purple dinosaur -- has now bitten a PR person. First a reporter and then a PR flack. I'm not sure if that's moving up the food chain or down. Anyway, I hope someone has checked Barney's rabies vaccination. We'd hate to see him get sick.

Remember when I said that the French were still ticked off at the English over this? So, it should not come as much of surprise that everyone involved is still upset over more recent conflicts, too. Somebody remind me, please, about how Europe has gotten over its old quarrels. But to… Continue

I thought it was news when man bites dog. My bad.

Just a couple of thoughts on Tuesday's news. I was very disappointed that John Sununu and Jeanne Shaheen did not appear on our ballots. After watching their commercials, I really wanted to vote against both of them. Several times. Each. Having done the overnight election coverage thing (the most fun you can have in a newspaper office with your clothes on) a couple of times, it was different, and kind of enjoyable, to leave the office at 3 a.m. actually knowing who won. The networks really did go… Continue

The guy who just came to pump out my septic tank told me that if I planned to vote, I should expect delays. He said he had driven by a couple of polling places on his way to my house and "they were all backed up." And who would know better about backups? Yes, I had my septic tank pumped on Election Day. What's your point?