Rhythm and Gravy

From my downtown office window:

More photos at. the. SLOG.

Electoral results, colored as blue for any county voting 70% or more Democratic, red for 70% or more Republican, and a linear combination for values in-between.

The same, but distorted such that the area of each county is proportionate to its population.

Link.

I had my first allergy test when I was ten years old, from on Dr. Clifton Furukawa at the Northwest Asthma and Allergy center in Seattle. After moving back last year, I’d yet to get an asthma checkup. To my surprise, I was referred to one Dr. Furukawa. Anyway, it turns out I’m still allergic to every carbon-based compound on the planet:

“The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.”

Cicero-55 B.C.

I just needed to get that off my chest.

I voted for Barry and Joe (they’re better, as proven by Computer Science), Christine Gregiore, Jim McDermott, Randy Dorn, Parks, the Market, and some other stuff. How’d you do?