{"id":573892693,"date":"2020-10-26T21:30:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T01:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573892693"},"modified":"2024-10-23T01:20:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T05:20:36","slug":"i-got-a-sticker-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2020\/10\/26\/i-got-a-sticker-today\/","title":{"rendered":"I got a sticker today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday was probably the last fine day for the foreseeable future. Certainly it&#8217;s the last time the weather service has had cause to use their sun graphics in the longterm forecasts. So we are settling in for the long grim winter. I guess we&#8217;ll be happier about it in mid-April.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, we&#8217;ll be pleased with the change to better weather in mid-April, but you, of course, know I&#8217;ll look for new and inventive ways to say the same tired things about this gray place, and why it takes that long to burn off the winter here. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, we enjoyed the sunshine, and the chilly temperatures, that Saturday offered with a nice little bike ride. Here&#8217;s some video from the later parts of it:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lhcK9_xC_OI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The sun was nice, and will be missed. <\/p>\n<p>Today we stood under the gray sky and performed our patriotic duty to vote, or as the kids these days are saying, &#8220;We did a democracy.&#8221; I&#8217;ll be working next Tuesday, and we are afforded some time off for the process, but if you can avoid the lines in a fashion that is presumptively more convenient, you avoid the lines in a fashion that is presumptively more convenient.<\/p>\n<p>It started out under a very attractive maple tree:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/oct20\/oct81.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And it wound up at a door like this:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/oct20\/oct82.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Along the way some other things happened:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On the voting line.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1320791450825744384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There&#39;s a young man in front of me and an older gentleman behind me.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1320792314722344960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The younger guy is just looking down at his phone. Wearing a mask. Trying to give a little distance.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1320792419433152515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The younger guy is just looking down at his phone. Wearing a mask. Trying to give a little distance.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1320792419433152515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The older gentleman had to go back to his truck. As he told someone on the phone just now, &quot;six or eight months into this, I still forget my mask.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>He&#39;s forgetting about the nose part, too.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1320792605362475009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And the distancing.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1320792692230660098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some people have joined the line behind us. <\/p>\n<p>One woman says &quot;What&#39;s this line for?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>One of her friends says &quot;To vote.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Oh! I should definitely vote.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>I&#39;m hoping they were doing a bit.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1320792956941598720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A guy comes out of one of those old-homes-converted-to-office space that we&#39;re all standing in front of. Says this is the right time to be here. Says it&#39;s usually way around there.<\/p>\n<p>The line is already a block long and around the corner. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Democracy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Democracy<\/a>! But moving. Also, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/democracy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#democracy<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1320793337130065923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pro move by the older gentleman: Clears throat, coughs, two hands to lower his mask to put some spit on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1320797233009348609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Forgets to re-cover his nose.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1320797340530335746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sorta terrified of growing old and losing the sensation in my nose.<\/p>\n<p>That&#39;s the only explanation I can think of for older folks and this otherwise complete misunderstanding of the respiratory system.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1320798884273229827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#39;ve rounded the corner. <\/p>\n<p>(This is a standing in line tweet, not a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Covid19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Covid19<\/a> tweet.)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1320799120685236224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There&#39;s a nice new SUV parked by the line and it&#39;s covered in signage for a judicial position on the ballot. (It&#39;s within state laws regarding electioneering and distance from the polling place.)<\/p>\n<p>The candidate lists his quals. The last bullet is &quot;Covid-19 survivor.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1320801786475749376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A guy walks back from the other direction, &quot;It feels good to finally vote.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1320802023420416002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">People seem to be coming out this door, rubbing their hands, pleased with the process. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sj5SZ9BMGQ\">pic.twitter.com\/Sj5SZ9BMGQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1320804826297618435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m going in. <\/p>\n<p>Let&#39;s do this, America! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L6w4kDMJfg\">pic.twitter.com\/L6w4kDMJfg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1320806170727272448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And done. Fifty-nine minutes. Filling in some bubbles. A bunch of hand sanitizer. America.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1320810636016787462?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aside &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In all of my voting since the year blah blah blah, in many districts in several states, you never see a more pleasant bunch of people than the ones working at a polling place.<\/p>\n<p>They&#39;re how you know we&#39;re going to be alright.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1320811293809479682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>They meant more than the guy who would randomly go &#8220;Whoooo! WHO IS READY TO VOTE?!&#8221; It&#8217;s not a pep rally, friend. But thanks, I guess. Anyway, it took just about an hour. It was easy and inside the office space was a bit perfunctory, practiced, like the last night of a haunted house&#8217;s performance, but without the scary part. Aside from a few Boomers, who need to up their mask games, it was well ordered and stress-free.<\/p>\n<p>Early voting in Indiana runs through Nov. 2nd. You can find out the rules for where you are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vote.org\/early-voting-calendar\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">at this link<\/a>. Then, go educate yourself on the issues &#8212; up and down the ballot! &#8212; that matter to you, put on a mask and go pull the lever, punch the chad, fill in the bubble or whatever system your local government uses. You, too, can do a democracy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday was probably the last fine day for the foreseeable future. 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