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I wrote Nancy Pelosi, letting her know that electronic voting machines are problematic and voter-verified paper ballots are essential.

She wrote me back:

Like her colleague Diane Feinstein, she is having trouble finding competent correspondence staff.

Note the key paragraph here:

Senator Bill Nelson (D-NB) introduced the companion Senate bill, S. 1431, on July 9th, which was referred to the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.

NB is New Brunswick, Canada. Last time I checked, Canada was a sovereign country. Bill Nelson is the senator from Florida.

The apple.com search engine seemed to have a spot of trouble with this one.

(via failblog, of course).

Who needs an “SEO Mavin” anyway?

Via Mark Hurst: Garrison Keillor on golf:

The socially redeeming aspect of golf lies in the vast number of lawyers and bankers and managers who play it, and when you think of the damage they would do if they were at the job instead, you can see why golf courses are a wise investment for any municipality.

I’ve been playing with the prerelease version of Chrome for Mac OS X and found a rather amusing bug:

Avid reader Jeff Potter sends this in:

How’s that for juxtaposition?