Tomorrow, from what I hear, there will be a full moon. And a lunar eclipse. And a blood-red moon. With all that harmonic convergance type thing going on, it can only mean one thing- Sox sweep to win the World Series.

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My, what strange times we live in.

You have to wonder too if all these once in a lifetime omens, all these portents and omens, could mean another once in a lifetime thing- a Democrat winning the White House. A boy can dream, can't he? You know, a lot of people are saying things like "Thank God the election is about to end." I don't see it that way. Things are too close right now, too scary, despite it all (there's a certain surreal quality to opening up the New York Times and seeing these headlines- Tons of Explosives Missing in Iraq, Iraqi Forces Slaughtered in Massacre, and Bush Up in Latest Poll). I want this election to go and on and on until it's a sure bet Kerry will win. You figure that at some point, the longer this thing lasts, people will finally catch on. Obviousness is obvious for a reason.

Besides, this election is kind of like baseball. There's a day in, day out quality to it, like a baseball season. Everyday you turn on the news, check and what's going on to the point where it becomes part of the daily rhythym of it all. Some days you're like "woo hoo,we're gonna win it all" and some days you're like "we're doomed." And then it all ends and all suddenly you got nothing else to read about. Just like SportsCenter isn't the same when baseball season isn't happening (sorry, five days of news reports about football practices just isn't that exciting), the news isn't the same without the election. On the other hand, I can also finally watch the news without wanting to throw things.