The farther you can get votes away from the polling place, the easier it is to manipulate them.

In some polling stations, blank ballots totaled a quarter of the votes, and in some others, one third of the votes.

I'm resting a little easier. Now I feel confident. There were enough votes out there that anything could happen. This has certainly been an odd election.

The distinction between government, industry, science and medicine have become blurred.

Technology has made it much easier to make and manipulate music. Studio-driven, machine-driven music does not always transcend into being a good live act. Many current acts are great live, but many cannot cut it live. The music is not organic.

She'll probably have to swim about a 1:12, ... Her best last year was 1:17, but she swam for the Aggie Swim Club this March through July and I think that's going to make a very big difference in what she accomplishes this year. You can already see the difference in her in the water. She's already in pretty good shape and she got some pretty good instruction over the summer.