activities of daily living

This is the first sunday in a while that I forgot to spend a few hours with the paper version of the New York Times. Though it's a little late to pick up a copy at the newsstand, the cover story of the magazine looks interesting, about the collectionof people involved with the Dean campaign:

Long before Howard Dean was considered a plausible candidate for president, he seemed to emit some sort of secret call that made people, many of them previously apolitical, drop everything and devote themselves to his campaign. ... The Dean headquarters feels different: a thin veneer of Official Adults barely hovers above a 24-hour hive of intense, mostly youthful devotion. When the adults leave, usually around 10 p.m., the aisles between cubicles are still cluttered with scooters and dogs; when they return in the morning, balancing just-microwaved cinnamon buns and coffee, they climb over pale legs poking out from beneath their desks and shoo sleeping volunteers off their office couches. [nyt]

Also mentioned: Bowling Alone, internet-based communities, Howard Dean Has A Posse, Howards for Howard, and much more!