The timing of election day is perfect: anyone who is only half-interested in voting will opt to take a three-day weekend instead. Let's wait for voter turnout numbers to prove that case.

Elsewhere:

1. My battles with Sky Cable's ZPDee internet service has now stretched past 30-days, which to me serves as the tipping point. However, I keep telling myself that, despite their shortcomings (and the fact that I think they have not a few morons working for them), they do respond to all my requests, and I *do* speak to a service rep every time I pick up the phone. So, for that, I'm staying with them.

2. I was on an ocean kayak yesterday, and I felt like I could have paddled forever. From beach to mangrove, to beach. Ang ganda talaga ng Pilipinas.

3.I need to cut my nails.

4. My favorite junkmail addressers include: Edward Kirkland, Thaddeus Echols, and Adriana Wheeler. Edward often sends me mail that I can't even read. Thaddeus thinks I need Cialis. And, Adriana firmly believes that all my money is worth investing in her company.

5. I had a chat with a UP faculty member who works in Applied Physics in Diliman. Among his most interesting ongoing studies are predicting the likelihood of a song becoming a "hit", and understanding landslides. Apparently, this country leads the world in landslide incidents.

6. I just recently washed my only pair of jeans. To preface this story, I had given up on jeans in college and instead started wearing other types of pants, figuring that, if I can wear jeans now, I can certainly wear a pair of shorts, which is much more comfortable. So, the story is that I finally bought a pair jeans about two years ago (Perry Ellis! I love Ross!). And I wear it maybe, say, twice a week. I just washed it, for the second time in its history.

7. I'm dreaming -- as opposed to actually doing something -- of someday (soon) having a brick and mortar business. I miss using my hands for something other than mousing and typing. And, although I work for myself, I want to get away from the ratrace as far as possible. Am I being lazy?

8. Consultant tip: always bring your own whiteboard marker.

9. I now recognize that very few people understand how surveys work. And it's not because it's hard to understand the basic concept (of sampling, for example). Or, because they are inaccurate (they're not). It's because they don't feel like one sample can possibly represent an entire population's will. But, isn't that what our representative democracy is all about? And, at least, no one cheats the surveys (they only fake it).

10. I have a newfound respect for Ruffa. I haven't articulated it yet, but she has jumped a few notches on my list. And, no, I don't have that list either.