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Last night as promised I did nothing. I had to fight the urge to go shopping or running. No, I had spagetti from a pot with sauce from a jar, and instead of working out I had a napoleon and chocolate rum log for desert. I sinned and it felt good, so good. I looked at other sins, things I don't need. I don't need a new car. I don't need a stereo for my present car. I don't need a new stereo or a plasma screen. I looked at everything, got nothing, and made no decisions. I think I should have watched tv or played a game instead.

Link salad!

My stocks are doing absurdly well - I may be a motley fool convert. http://www.fool.com

An old post about period products and shame described in hysterical detail.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/naamah_darling/66235.html link ripped from jwitcraft

Listening to Bjork...I know she did the pedophile lyrics in the Sugarcubes ("He wasn't really all white and fluffy, he just had sideburns"), but I think hearing her music now, her voice makes a lot of promises with more sincere appeal. She's just nuts enough to give you all the dreamy escape of a girl only from an adult. Insanity has that appeal I suppose.

( My opinion of protesters and the war in Iraq is not important )

Here is a GREAT ARTICLE about why people support the war in great numbers - because it doesn't affect them. The economist refers to moral hazard, usually complaining about how we waste tax dollars on things we'd never pay for if we had to see the cost directly. Here, Reinhardt describes how the steadfast American resolve is by and large the result of not having anything at stake.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/31/AR2005073101080.html

Pleased to meet you! Hope you guess my name, in Iraq! (non-political)
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Iraq/0,,2-10-1460_1752074,00.html

Man kills his 3 year old son to prevent him from being gay, information about motivation comes from father's bible study partner:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/po/20050715/co_po/manaccusedofkillinghisgaybabyson

Speaking of rabid anti-gay stuff, remember the huge anti-gay rant/speech from the preacher at the church that the mayor-for-life attends? It turns out that he made the whole thing up - his factual comments do not stand up to a quick fact check (duh again).
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/cover/2005/cover0812.html

I have a nuerotic friend at work who voiced interest in seeing my "blog." I want to show it to her, but because I write about work I've just avoided the subject. I trust her integrity to keep things to herself, but not her technical prowess (what if she linked it and let people use her computer) or her common sense (what if she walked away from the computer with it up).