It appears that Republican candidate Dino Rossi has won the automatic recount by 42 votes. He beat Democrat Christine Gregoire in the original count by 261 votes. As normal, the Democrats want a recount, by hand of course. Being the party that touts science and technology incessantly, they don't trust the machine since the machine doesn't discriminate between Republican or Democratic votes. I guess it's so predictable now that it no longer surprises Americans to see Democrats want to recount until they win.

Stop by the local Circuit City to take advantage of their pre-Thanksgiving sale and look for an MP3 recorder with a direct line in, either quarter inch or RCA but didn't find it. Went and check Pricewatch and really like the new makeover.

A few weeks back, I became aware of Target deciding not to allow the Salvation Army bell-ringers to solicit at their stores, which costs Salvation Army 20% of their donation. I took the wait and see approach. Finally, after I heard on KLIF this morning who was behind the move, I finally had it. I just called and closed the Target Visa account and told them that I don't plan on shopping at Target for as long as they have that policy in place. They had a couple people tried to explain their position and convinced me not to close the account but I told them I was sorry that they took the stand as they did but as long as that is where they stand, I want the account close.

State Rep. Talmadge Heflin and his lawyer have formally filed a challenge with the Texas State House of of Representatives, after found evidence that there were illegal votes cast, ie. people not in the district or county. Now the Speaker of the House, Tom Craddick, will have to deal with the challenge.