100 = 50 twice

I could tell you more about my day. It was fabulous! and included:

--Staying in bed til noon surrounded by unfinished laundry from the weekend. The pervasive headache. My apparent food poisoning (from when? why? what the hell?) and all its enjoyable side effects.

--The Dow plunge and yo-yo. Panicked clients calling to ask if their bonds were safe. Panicked clients liquidating their equity portolios. Staying at the office until 7 p.m. to send them e-mail reassurances.

-- Republic pundit Bill Kristol having a yuk with Sarah Palin on my favorite editorial page. A McCain stump speech on Obama's "character" as the Dow tanked on the screen next to him in real time. Knowing I promised to make Obama cookies for a debate-watching party tomorrow night and haven't yet bought sugar or flour.

--Just wanting to sleep and sleep and sleep and sleep.

I so wanted something more enjoyable to share with you for this 100th episode of Single in the City. Maybe some special guest stars. Some nostaglic summaries.

But sometimes the situation calls for levity, particularly in this charged political season. I encourage you to investigate my new favorite blog (after Jonathan Martin and Ben Smith on politico.com):

Top 50 Swing Voters

"Presidential Campaigns know that the key to any election is the ~30%of American Voters who classify themselves as Independents. Independents are also known as “Swing Voters,” because given enough transparent pandering, enough public appearances with Aging Action Movie Stars, or enough sappy stories about pregnant single mothers pulling themselves up by their bootstraps while holding down three jobs, Swing Voters can swing both ways.

"In order to pander effectively to these tiny groups of Swing Voters, Presidential Campaigns break them down into easily digestible stereotypes, or demographics. In the 2000 Election, for example, Soccer Moms, The Religious Right and Elderly Floridians with Impaired Vision elected George W. Bush. But by 2004, Soccer Moms were replaced by Security Moms, and Lunatic Fundamentalists took the place of The Religious Right. And one cannot misunderestimate the importance of the Flip Flopper Vote in 2004, which propelled George W. Bush to his second term.

"So, as a public service, here is a taste of who will be choosing our President this time around."

Recent faves include The Procrastinators, The Ninjas, The Women with Unfortunate Muffin Top Tattoos, The Predatory Lenders, and The Anonymous Sperm Donors.

Incidentally, today's group is the prescient (#35) Pot-Smokers--The Forgotten Demo. Good idea. Maybe I should invade the demographic for a medicinal hit to get me through tonight's bathroom trips and baking attempts.

Cheers!

(Which, incidentally, ran 275 episodes...to which I aspire, at the very least.)