An excellent little piece in the book I'm reading right now THE WHITE TIGER.

"These are the three main diseases of this country, sir: typhoid, cholera, and election fever. This last one is the worst; it makes people talk and talk about things that they have no say in ... Would they do it this time? Would they beat the Great Socialist and win the elections? Had they raised enough money of their own, and bribed enough policemen, and bought enough fingerprints of their own, to win? Like eunuchs discussing the Kama Sutra, the voters discuss the elections in Laxmangarh."
---Aravind Adiage (The White Tiger)


In other news I'm really craving Deli food these days. Like really good sandwiches on really good rich bread, maybe with some tomato soap or something. That place Jason's Deli in Longview was excellent.