Since we’re down to four and a half months until the Presidential election, I want to share one of my favorite sites with you: FiveThirtyEight. This was an independent site during the 2008 election, and is now one of the New York Times’ blogs. It is run by statistician Nate Silver, and it presents statistical analysis of the upcoming election. In particular, the site has a map with each state shaded blue or red; mouse over the state to see the probability it will go for Obama or Romney. If the election were held today, FiveThirtyEight predicts that Obama would win with 291 electoral votes to Romney’s 247. That’s closer than the 2008 election, with Florida, Indiana, and North Carolina going back to the Republican side after going to Obama in ’08.
There’s also a map that shows how likely each state is to be the tipping point, the state that provides the decisive electoral vote. Ohio and Virginia are far and away the two leaders. Both of those states voted for Obama in 2008, and both are leaning Obama in the projections (although just barely in the case of Ohio).
Saturday I made it by Kooky Canuck to try one of their 23 menu items. I ordered the Donair, a sandwich native to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The dish consists of two pitas stuffed with shaved Gyros meat, topped with onions and tomatoes and smothered with Halifax Donair sauce. I’ve been told that Shawn and Lana have a debate going about which is the best new menu item: The Donair (Lana’s choice), or the Yonge Street Burger (Shawn’s choice). I haven’t tried the burger yet, but it’s named after the longest street in the world, Yonge Street, which runs through Toronto.
Last night I was watching the Thurder-Heat game at the Blind Bear, when I got a text telling me I should walk over to the Silly Goose. This photo was provided as the reason why:
I went right over. This is truly a Tube Top Month success. If I did not do Tube Top Month in my blog, Kelly would not have been wearing this outfit. Her friend Beth asked several times, “Doesn’t Kelly look hot?” and I have to admit, she did. What progress she has made in a short amount of time. Just three weeks ago she was pictured on this blog wearing a yellow tank top that made her look like a retarded canary. This is much, much better.
We had a drink at the Goose, then went to the Blind Bear, then to Purple Haze. Purple Haze is the dance club in the old Red Rooster spot, on Second a block south of Beale. I tried a slice of their pizza. It was really good.
They serve food until 4:30 on weekend nights. Beats going to Denny’s, that’s for sure!
It’s Monday, with the usual Monday night stuff going on. That includes Pint Nite all day and night at the Flying Saucer, with almost all the drafts on the tap wall $3 a pint. Spindini has half-off pizza and wine. Blind Bear has half-off bottles of wine (except house) and $4 sausage and cheese plates. There’s poker at the Silly Goose, two games at 7:30 and 10 PM. I’ll be at Pint Nite for sure and am a “maybe” for poker again this week.