Posts from — November 2004

Instapundit felt it. And so did I!

My webhost, HostingMatters (or HostMatters, if you will) experienced a downtime earlier today as the US Presidential elections brought about a huge surge in traffic on the Net. And I’m sure this would’ve affected a great lot of hosts out there.

Hopefully… by the time I wake up, the traffic would’ve subsided to some extent. It pained me to see my blog take so long to load.

By the way, at this time, Bush has taken 4 states to Kerry’s 1 Kerry has overtaken Bush as he has taken 9 states to Bush’s 7, even as the Democrats are running with a loss of 3 electoral votes. And pollsters are still chickening out of predicting who’ll take Ohio

Optimistic people, they say, live longer!!

Patients who described themselves as highly optimistic had lower risks of all-cause death, and lower rates of cardiovascular death than those with high levels of pessimism, according to an article in the November issue of The Archives of General Psychiatry.

Any wonder, then, that I call myself The Opti Mystic! I love life!! ;-)

[A study by Mayo Clinic in early 2000 had also resulted in a similar conclusion.]

So, today is the day when the biggest circus in the world will perform its final act - the Grand Finalé!!

For this final act, we have just the two clowns in the ring. Georgie, the gun-slingin’ idiot and Johnny, the basset-hound-faced pretender. Who will make the crowds applaud at the end of the act?! Which clown will rule the world America?!

I say the competition will be tough. The race will be close. But Georgie will win it by the nose. After all… he has quite a long nose, doesn’t he? … having lied so much in the last four years!! ;-)

C’mon folks… make a prediction!

Updated!
On a serious note, I completely agree with Shanti’s views about voting. So all you Americans… go out and vote!! Or else… learn to live with whoever your countrymen choose!!

[Screenshot of news.google.co.in taken at 13:48 on 01/11/2004]