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Election Day Outside Of Big Cities Is Different. For One Thing, There Are So Few People In My Town That Each Individual Vote Really Does Matter, And Several Local Races Have Been Decided By As Many Votes As You Can Count On One Hand.

I Have Long Been One Of Those Tedious People Who Rails Against The Coronation Of 'student-athletes.' I Have Heard The Argument That Big-time Athletics Bring In Loads Of Money To Universities. I Don't Believe The Money Goes Anywhere Other Than Back Into The Sports Teams, But That's Another Story.

I Work At Home, In The Country, And Days Will Go By When, Except For My Husband And Son And The Occasional Ups Man, The Only Sentient Creatures That See Me Are My Chickens And Turkeys.

I Want A Chainsaw Very Badly, Because I Think Cutting Down A Tree Would Be Unbelievably Satisfying. I Have Asked For A Chainsaw For My Birthday, But I Think I'll Probably Be Given Jewelry Instead.

The Lesson We Have Yet To Learn From Dogs, That Could Sustain Us, Is That Having No Apprehension Of The Past Or Future Is Not Limiting But Liberating.