For what it's worth

For those of you who have been bugging me about getting an absentee ballot since I am up in Canada: I'm popping this in the mail tomorrow morning (from Chicago--a 4 day work trip, via my advisor's and chief grad student's consulting comapny).

Yes, I know due to the inane setup of the electoral college and my being a Massachusetts resident/expatriate, my vote is completely irrelevant. It still gives me some satisfaction to know that, to paraphrase a friend, I did my part to "poke George W. Bush in the eye with a sharp stick."