Although I'm too old and crotchety to stay up and watch the results, I can say that even from 5,000 miles away, I managed to throw a vote to Obama. My friend Rene has made a fantastic poster to show his support.

Today one of the free London papers had a cover showing a white Obama and a black McCain. Really bizarre and sort of creepy. One of the headlines read "it's a race thing." Maybe I'll feel differently once this is all over, but right now, from what I can see in Jolly old, it really feels like it isn't a race thing. At all. And I'm proud of Americans for that. Because based on some of the coverage here, to the outside world, it is a race thing. God bless the UK press--they've really made me feel less badly about being an American. Frankly I can't believe that I'm so bored that I've started blogging about current events. How often does that happen? (Dear god I've also started taking yoga)