tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post8954779349262554626..comments2024-03-27T20:39:04.792-04:00Comments on KILLER HOBBIES: Me, the Election Official!Betty Hechtmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14652848311122102223noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-47862247767099077242008-11-05T20:03:00.000-05:002008-11-05T20:03:00.000-05:00They had a special setup in another room where lit...They had a special setup in another room where little kids could vote. It was amazing -- and revealing -- how many little kids came in and revealed in a great big whisper that they voted for Obama! LOLMonica Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03722045113589668612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-75211681113050253152008-11-05T16:02:00.000-05:002008-11-05T16:02:00.000-05:00I liked your description the kind of people in the...I liked your description the kind of people in the precinct you worked in. People watching must have been fasincating.<BR/><BR/>How nice of you to dogsit.Betty Hechtmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14652848311122102223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-40028816961750601512008-11-05T11:07:00.000-05:002008-11-05T11:07:00.000-05:00I had something funny happen yesterday. I asked fo...I had something funny happen yesterday. I asked for a paper ballot and pulled my felt-tip pen out and marked the circles. Afterwards, I heard that some pens couldn't be "read" on the ballots. I stopped back by the polling place and no one knew whether certain pens could or could not be "read." Finally, one smart election official said that if my ballot was NOT spit back out by the optical reader, it must have been read. I was shocked that they didn't know (besides thinking of this) with certainty whether my vote woulc have, indeed, counted.Joanna Campbell Slanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951637123269159053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-11514339628979282462008-11-05T10:14:00.000-05:002008-11-05T10:14:00.000-05:00My earliest writing was fan fiction, but there was...My earliest writing was fan fiction, but there was no word for it. When I was in junior high, my girlfriends and I would write stories about our favorite Beatle. (George, by default because John was taken). We would go to fabulous parties in wonderful clothes, with an adoring Beatle on our arm, totally dissing the real girlfriends, Jane Asher and Patti Boyd.<BR/><BR/>Great fun and good practice for writing boyfriends later.Terri Thayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953154767532970027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731159552335760887.post-62451873327793098742008-11-05T08:22:00.000-05:002008-11-05T08:22:00.000-05:00My favorite web site for fan stories is http://www...My favorite web site for fan stories is http://www.fanfiction.net/ . There's a LOT of fiction (including some of mine) and an active culture of giving comments. A lot of them are just strokes or flames, but some are surprisingly acute.<BR/><BR/>You need to register, but I haven't had trouble with that in years and years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com