Rode to the polling place to be there when the doors opened at 7:00. Stood in line for about 20 minutes after voting started. Did my best to avoid condoning evil. Because of this I made it to work 15 minutes late, which I'll just compensate for by staying 15 minutes late tonight. I have a feeling the polling places will be jammed full at 5 PM which is why I decided to get it over with early.

The last few nights I started preparing the winter bike for the season. It's needing a major overhaul: chain, cassette, crank, pedals, brakes, cables and housing. I probably can save the derailleurs and wheel hubs, but I'm not sure yet. I have a big pile of extremely rusty parts on the garage floor. The ice-melt chemicals they put on the road here just destroy everything in a surprisingly short amount of time. I was on the edge of just buying a different bike instead of fixing this one, but I couldn't yet bring myself to throw the old one in the landfill. We've spent too many miles together.