So. Words.

Meh. Friday afternoons at work suck. Booooo.

Went to see Tim Minchin last night which was really ace, and better than in September, and he was really angry about the Jonathan Ross/Russell Brand thing and suggested burning the Daily Mail, which I was fully behind as a proposition. \o/

On the way home, I had a thought so borrowed The Notebook (TM) from Katie and forgot to return it this morning! Oh noes! Katie suggested that the best way to expiate my guilt would be to write a pome upon the matter, so I have done so forthwith:

The Sorry Story of the Notebook

Young Katie has a notebook
A notebook she does own
For though she's really very bright
Objectively it's shown:

That Katie has no memory
It's very sad to say
And thus the handy notebook
Must needs come into play

She writes down all the little things
She otherwise would forget
Like shopping lists and Christmas cards
And funny signs she's met

She writes down things she sees in shops
And since she's super nice
She lets her flatmate do the same
At no financial price

So also in the notebook
At intermittent times
Go comic strips and funny quotes
And poetry that rhymes

But foolishly did Katie act:
It never pays to share
She lent the book to Liss last night
It's vanished int' thin air!

A Pome About Katherine (Because I Said I Would)

Kath-er-ine
She's better than Anne-Bol-eyn
She's great with a chick-er-in
Cuz she's tops in the kitch-er-in
Though she's too fond of snick-er-in'
O, Kath-er-ine

I don't get it...

Back to my current obsession. So, Pennsylvania. This is a traditionally Democratic state. Barack Obama has been leading comfortably in the polls there throughout the campaign, generally in a double-digit lead, though RCP has had him leading at just under 10 points over the last few days. On the evidence of the polls (flawed as they are), it's a no-brainer. So why is McCain still angling for it? Why is Palin campaigning there all day today?

As I see it, the only reason is that they are actually hoping that Pennsylvanians turn out to be so incredibly racist that they'll refuse to vote for a black candidate. It's not awfully complimentary, really. (Well, it's either that, or the GOP is planning some heavy duty electoral fraud, but you'd think they'd go for a state that was a bit swingier.)