James, so sorry about your kitty.  Our Smokey is 13 1/2 and I know it is coming in the near future.  We have had him since he was 6 weeks old and that will be a tough day for me.  Hoping things turn around for you soon, you have had a very rough few weeks.<br /><br />I heard on the news this morning that some of the military ballots will not arrive here in the U.S. until Nov. 14th - not sure what that will mean to the election results.  I truly believe that those serving our country should have the right to vote but not sure why they cannot get here by the set date, unless they do not get them to them in time.<br /><br />Chris, how wonderful it would be to not get those calls at home.  Thank God for caller ID but a lot of the time you can&#39;t tell that it is a political call from that.<br /><br />Well, off to get my housework done...<br /><br />