There’s a direct correlation between the amount of blog posts and the total time spent online. My last day at the job I quit was nearly a month ago. Since losing out on that 40hrs spent on high speed internet every week, I’ve been doing a lot of offline activities. This means dry-walling, helping to move an elderly relative in PA, and watching both the meltdowns on Wall Street and at McCain’s campaign. Obama has been polling very well both nationally and in swing states. The second debate went well for him, and SNL has been halfway entertaining. But I’m not online and the blog isn’t updated.
Job search continues, but I do want to do some ‘fall cleaning’ around here, maybe spruce up the theme. The PowerBook’s battery doesn’t hold a charge very well these days. And I’m lucky to get 90 minutes of use at wifi, so it’s a PITA.
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Ryan
18|Oct|2008 1My powerbook is starting to take a beating too, even though I don’t use the battery that often. I was just thinking (more like dreaming) about getting an Intel Mac to fix my retro-PC gaming problems (and allow me to get rid of a lot of old computers), but it is unrealistic.
I’m really concerned about the social desirability bias more and more, and that the media finally brought up the “Bradley Effect” doesn’t really help that concern. Since I study these issues of social psychology and work on this issue from day to day, it is that ever-present reminder that maybe America isn’t as “progressive” as I’d hoped it was, and that the polling numbers are skewed because of the sample they took or any number of social bias effects.
Do you have any concerns in this, or do you feel that Obama may be safe enough?
Zeke
18|Oct|2008 2Let me just say that I don’t feel as if America is any more progressive than it was eight years ago when it elected Bush. They’re just desperate for a new charismatic leader with answers. (And Dems are registering more, but party affiliation is irrelevant.)
I’m not a big believer in the “Bradley Effect.” FiveThirtyEight predicts the race tightens to a 4, 5, 6-point Obama lead by election day. To overcome that would require a national move toward McCain on Nov. 4 - I don’t see that happening. Race is always an unconscious consideration, but the stakes are high and people are consciously thinking this time around.
I see the possibility of a McCain win if he tightens the race significantly, and then there’s a slight Bradley Effect combined with the amount of fraud / disenfranchisement of 2000 + 2004 put together. Which is possible.
We’ll see soon enough.
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