Tuesday night's fine for electin'

Four years ago, on US election night, I was at The Frontline Club, enjoying their election party. Tonight? Keeping up via the interwebs from my mother-in-law’s front room. Oh, and it’s my birthday, too. I know how to live.

I’m pulling in information from a variety of sources, but one which is consistently throwing up quirky stories – like the sudden outbreak of Brits Googling “electoral college” –  is Maarten’s Trendolizer:

Not quite sure how he’s doing it, as it involves Perl jiggery-pokery, but it’s surfacing interesting, timely stuff, and what more can you ask for?

In my case, “a raid on my mother-in-law’s whisky supply” might be the answer…