I admit that I feel a little ineffective as an individual voter living in a state that is almost certainly going to cast its 55 electoral votes for John Kerry whether I vote for him or not, and would do so even if I stayed home and played Katamari Damacy and avoided voting altogether (I didn't; I already voted).

So this weekend when Lori and I were in Las Vegas for a wedding, we took advantage of our presence in a swing state to wear some T-shirts that Lori made. The response was pretty good, even in a city known as a national focal point of escapism.

Peter Norvig on selecting a president: “If these two candidates were applying for the job of president, Bush would not get past the initial phone screen.” The rest of it is pretty good, too.