In the name of closing a few tabs, here are a few of my favourite post-US-election links:

• The Boston Globe’s “The Big Picture” blog is often excellent. They had a really nice selection of photos of President-Elect Obama.
• Jason Kottke collected a whole variety of electoral maps
• The Guardian collected many-a-homepage to show how sites around the world reported the results
• and of course the flickr set showing the First-Family-to-be watching the results roll in

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The third in our series of Ambridge Acoustic Revues was another roaring success. Noting the date, Rob had suggested we adopt a Day of the Dead theme and decked the building out in fine style. And for a special treat Garry created a fabulous puppet to greet people on the door.

Jon and Phil, our usual house band, were off on tour with Beth Rowley, giving the evening a slightly different feel. Jez kindly stepped in on drums, and Foy Vance joined a couple of the others to lend some bass to their tunes. Hayley, Jon, Foy, and of course Iain played well, and all in all it was immensely enjoyable. We hope to have another one ready to announce in the next couple of days.

In the meantime, the rest of my photos are on flickr.

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