god help me

I voted for Heidi.

(that's Heidi "GUNS BAD BAD GUNS EVIL BAD GUNS" Behrens-Benedict, for those of you who don't live in Washington's 8th district). Note to Democrats: if you want to win back the house, it would help if you, like, ran actual candidates.

Yeah, I know, the "Angry Soccer Mom" shtick worked for Patty Murray, but one can rely on this too much...

(I also wrote myself in for local Republican precinct chairman; we'll see how many people actually turned the ballot over and voted on this important office. Unfortunately, there appear to be Actual Republicans® in my precinct...)

ok, now I can feel virtuous

I just voted my proxy for Harmony Gold's annual meeting (to be held on November 15, in Radfontein, South Africa. Unfortunately, I have to be giving Philip a bath that week, sorry).

It seems they've had a rather busy year "creating value", selling copies of the One Ring, and making comic books to send out with their annual report --- this last one is a trip; white Afrikaans guys in spandex superhero suits who say "Ja" talk about how to make marginal mines profitable.

Damn, I miss the days when it was evil to invest in South African companies (though I bet they don't...)