Comments on: E-Day. http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/ one writer's daily download Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:05:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Bob http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/#comment-20398 Bob Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:32:34 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/#comment-20398 I don't know if this will even work, but I'm gonna' try to link a photo of the Billy Goat: If it doesn't work, you're welcome to stop by my web site and check out some of the photos from the surrounding area. I don’t know if this will even work, but I’m gonna’ try to link a photo of the Billy Goat:

If it doesn’t work, you’re welcome to stop by my web site and check out some of the photos from the surrounding area.

]]> By: John http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/#comment-20394 John Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:31:51 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/#comment-20394 I had the good fortune of covering several elections in Chicago, for the Sun-Times. When your story was done and signed off on, you'd grab the freight elevator down to the basement, walk out through the loading dock and into lower Michigan Avenue, and into the legendary Billy Goat Tavern. At first it would be Sun Timesers on one side and Trib folk on the other, with a few political types mixed in. Gradually everyone would get together, swapping election night stories. And drinking. Then people would start showing up with first editions and we all pored over each others stories, sizing them up. Great stuff. I'm no longer in the newspaper business full time. And election night is the night, more than any other, when I miss it the most. (A side memory for any Chicagoans: I recall standing at the Goat chatting with Cam Simpson, a bulldog of an investigative reporter. George Ryan had just been elected governor, and Cam was giddy, and cocky, suggesting Ryan was going to be a field day for guys like him. I recall thinking he was overstating the case a bit. And I recalled recalling that a month or so ago, when Ryan was sentenced to prison!) (A side, side memory: There is a wonderful new book out about the Billy Goat. It's called "A Chicago Tavern: A goat, a curse and the American Dream.) I'll stop now. I had the good fortune of covering several elections in Chicago, for the Sun-Times. When your story was done and signed off on, you’d grab the freight elevator down to the basement, walk out through the loading dock and into lower Michigan Avenue, and into the legendary Billy Goat Tavern. At first it would be Sun Timesers on one side and Trib folk on the other, with a few political types mixed in. Gradually everyone would get together, swapping election night stories. And drinking. Then people would start showing up with first editions and we all pored over each others stories, sizing them up.
Great stuff. I’m no longer in the newspaper business full time. And election night is the night, more than any other, when I miss it the most.
(A side memory for any Chicagoans: I recall standing at the Goat chatting with Cam Simpson, a bulldog of an investigative reporter. George Ryan had just been elected governor, and Cam was giddy, and cocky, suggesting Ryan was going to be a field day for guys like him. I recall thinking he was overstating the case a bit. And I recalled recalling that a month or so ago, when Ryan was sentenced to prison!)
(A side, side memory: There is a wonderful new book out about the Billy Goat. It’s called “A Chicago Tavern: A goat, a curse and the American Dream.)
I’ll stop now.

]]> By: Emma http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/#comment-20369 Emma Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:07:05 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/#comment-20369 Re: Election night food. This year, The Palace (formerly "Bill's Palace") catered our election night festivities. Chicken on a stick. Beef on a stick. Pasta and spinach cheese dip. This may sound pathetic, but I was impressed. Re: Election night food. This year, The Palace (formerly “Bill’s Palace”) catered our election night festivities. Chicken on a stick. Beef on a stick. Pasta and spinach cheese dip. This may sound pathetic, but I was impressed.

]]> By: alex http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/#comment-20297 alex Wed, 08 Nov 2006 05:40:22 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/#comment-20297 aggots! aggots! uckin' odforsaken aggots! aggots! aggots! uckin’ odforsaken aggots!

]]> By: Kirk http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/#comment-20273 Kirk Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:35:12 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/#comment-20273 that is, they've called it for strickland. of course that is, they’ve called it for strickland. of course

]]> By: Kirk http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/#comment-20272 Kirk Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:34:37 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/#comment-20272 of course, cnn, ap and a few others already have called it for blackwell anyway. the desk, actually, does have some non-election junk to fill in the back pages. we important types who came in to work the election, though, are reduced to reading blogs and such, which beats working. the first story i have to edit probably won't come along for a couple of hours yet. of course, cnn, ap and a few others already have called it for blackwell anyway. the desk, actually, does have some non-election junk to fill in the back pages. we important types who came in to work the election, though, are reduced to reading blogs and such, which beats working. the first story i have to edit probably won’t come along for a couple of hours yet.

]]> By: nancy http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/#comment-20270 nancy Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:17:53 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/#comment-20270 Blackwell wants to keep us in suspense about his political death for a couple more hours, I guess. I love thumb-twiddling on the desk. It's like working on the slime line of a trawler -- just waiting for the next load of cod to come down the chutes. Blackwell wants to keep us in suspense about his political death for a couple more hours, I guess.

I love thumb-twiddling on the desk. It’s like working on the slime line of a trawler — just waiting for the next load of cod to come down the chutes.

]]> By: Kirk http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/#comment-20269 Kirk Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:13:47 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/#comment-20269 hi, lynne. being as this is ohio, cuyahoga county got a judge to keep 16 polling places open until 9 o'clock, and the secretary of state has forbidden the release of any vote conts until then, so we're having a fine time twiddling our thumbs hi, lynne. being as this is ohio, cuyahoga county got a judge to keep 16 polling places open until 9 o’clock, and the secretary of state has forbidden the release of any vote conts until then, so we’re having a fine time twiddling our thumbs

]]> By: Lynne http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/#comment-20261 Lynne Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:44:39 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/#comment-20261 Howdy from the copy desk at an a.m. paper back East. The polls haven't closed yet. We've already swarmed over the free food -- sandwiches, chips, cookies, soda, coffee. Let the games begin! Howdy from the copy desk at an a.m. paper back East. The polls haven’t closed yet. We’ve already swarmed over the free food — sandwiches, chips, cookies, soda, coffee. Let the games begin!

]]> By: Kirk http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/#comment-20257 Kirk Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:27:26 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2006/11/07/e-day/#comment-20257 i knew about most of the judge candidates here. i definitely did not vote for the guy who we found out was married to two women at the same time (a technical oversight, he essentially said). i knew about most of the judge candidates here. i definitely did not vote for the guy who we found out was married to two women at the same time (a technical oversight, he essentially said).

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