Still no Oct. Surprise® of note. Precious little good news has emerged on Iraq, the economy, or much else. All the polls (national, battleground-states-only, registered voters, “likely” voters) seem to be oscillating rapidly within the infamous Margin-O-Error.

I’ve been logging on to assorted Electoral College poll sites several times a day, cheering when my guy takes a miniscule lead in Ohio, filling with dread when the other guy catches up in Hawaii. I’ve been reminding myself that these polls are all iffy at best, and based on biased assumptions at worst. That knowledge doesn’t stop me from frantically re-accessing the latest numbers.

I know that eight and a half days from now, this particular obsession will be over. (I might pick up another obsession, such as watching the court challenges.)

I need to find something else to do to remain sane. Perhaps I should take up knitting.