tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19093186.post3274536586147047921..comments2024-02-16T05:03:49.727-05:00Comments on MelissaKnits: I Voted.MelissaKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05181100868057912442noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19093186.post-59390214650733277242008-11-04T13:46:00.000-05:002008-11-04T13:46:00.000-05:00I have also heard that window decals are a good id...I have also heard that window decals are a good idea. You can find them in all kinds of non-cartoony looks. I do like the album cover idea though...Clumsy Knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17447035795621048079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19093186.post-14273261188181476722008-11-04T13:41:00.000-05:002008-11-04T13:41:00.000-05:00Where are you getting a projection of 54% voting?T...Where are you getting a projection of 54% voting?<BR/><BR/>The other day, I had been curious as to just how poor our voter participation has been lately (I was recalling a years-ago radio report on some other democracies having 90% or better voter turnout) and on infoplease found a chart of percentages of eligible voters voting (and also percentages of registered voters voting) over the last four decades. <BR/><BR/>In the 1960s, 60-65% of the voting-age population voted. In the 1990s and 2000s so far, it was 50-55%. Pathetic, I agree. But the projections I've heard are that we'll have record numbers of voters today, which ought to translate into increased percentages... so the 54% figure seems on the pessimistic side to me. <BR/><BR/>I'm hoping for 70% (but realize that's unrealistic).smbelcashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10206546013748214925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19093186.post-89904312609176017902008-11-04T12:27:00.000-05:002008-11-04T12:27:00.000-05:00Oh, cute socks!!!David Sedaris has a hilarious ess...Oh, cute socks!!!<BR/><BR/>David Sedaris has a hilarious essay about birds flying into his windows. He eventually puts record album covers in the windows, the ones with people's faces on them, and the birds go away. Really funny, esp. as he ends up with Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan peering out all of his windows. <BR/><BR/>Worth a shot!<BR/><BR/>I voted, then went to Bread Euphoria and got my free Vote cookie! Woo!Tracitalynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13823676126243952545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19093186.post-15315320562276217742008-11-04T11:14:00.000-05:002008-11-04T11:14:00.000-05:00At my last job, we had a similar problem with bird...At my last job, we had a similar problem with birds flying into the windows. We got some decals that are translucent and supposed to be more visible to the birds than regular stickers (you put them on the outside of the windows). It really cut down on the problem; after that, I think there was only one incident in over a year.<BR/><BR/>We got ours from windowalert.com but there are others out there that are probably just as good. My two cents.ccr in MAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16938353645353176255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19093186.post-39794947193465734312008-11-04T11:02:00.000-05:002008-11-04T11:02:00.000-05:00Are those American flag SOCKS? Too funny! (I'm s...Are those American flag SOCKS? Too funny! (I'm sure some people would be offended, but not knitters, right?)<BR/><BR/>It's 8:01. I'm going to collect my husband and vote.Yarnhoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06625926254864861603noreply@blogger.com