An evening of numbers
After all is said and done, I wonder who gets the job of picking up the numbers from the studio floor? We’re watching the returns from the provincial election right now, with the “if the trend is maintained, CBC projects a Liberal majority” announcement by Bernard Derome given after 34 minutes of the game. The tally board continues to flicker, but the projection is holding. Give credit to the various media outlets, who have reported similar numbers since early in this campaign. They obviously know how the sheep will be counted.
Tonight’s victory brings me into an important part of my life. For the first time, the federal prime minister, the premier of the two provinces that hold my attention and the president of the neighbouring country are all younger than me. The average age of politicians hasn’t changed that dramatically; rather, I’m “past date” in poltical terms. Like a good tub of yogurt I’m not getting any younger, and probably will continue to thicken with time.
Other number held my attention today. The price of gas has slipped to $0.79/litre. The temperature (with wind chill) has slipped below -30C, The average RAM count on the machines at work has risen to 1024 MB. The dollar has fallen below .80 and my salary has remained frozen in time. A sad mathematical litany.
The wheel continues to turn in Ottawa (referring to the merry-go-round that seems to have been stolen from a local kiddypark). Today, Stephane Dion announced that he will leave, sooner rather than later, even though the country is currently without any sort of oversight. I guess it isn’t much fun to be the leader of the official opposition, when there’s no place to go after your morning coffee.
