"Doorbell heterogeneity."  As someone who has done extensive door-to-door
political campaigning, this brings many images to mind.  Not only is every
house different, every door different, but every doorbell is different.

Sometimes the muffled sound of the doorbell, as heard on the front porch
or stoop, gives a hint of the resident's personality: slow melodic chimes,
etherial bong, ringing schoolbell, brisk buzzer.  Or perhaps it says more
about the ambitions of the builder or developer who shaped the houses to
express a marketable concept, a New Neighborhood (at the time) as
inventive in its way as a New Town.

So you can imagine that my interest was piqued when I received an email
message this morning with a subject of "doorbell heterogeneity".

Hmmm, a campaign volunteer?  A Pinhead contacting me backchannel?  An Ann
Arbor historic district issue?

Alas, none of these.  It was only an ad for generic viagra.

                               Larry

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The Political Graveyard, http://politicalgraveyard.com
Polygon, the Dancing Bear, http://potifos.com/polygon
Mailing address: P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106

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