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Dove butt - there is a morning dove outside the top stair window. I check on it frequently, never knowing what I'll get. This morning I got beady-eye stare. Sometimes I get highly cammo side or butt - hardly able to tell I'm looking at a mommy on her eggs at all. Once in a while she moves, shifting uncomfortably. Less often you get tufts of white downy dove butt, like she's sick of your voyeurism and moons you proper. Can't wait to see lil baby doves.

Wwz - just read the book, NO SPOILERS, and while it was addictive I only found it so-so. I have a problem with books and movies - violate one major thing I know and I get annoyed. In this case, can we all admit the rumors about the black market for human organs is long-since disproven? Is my knowledge of human HLA antibody typing so out of date? No, and no. I also found some of the characters a bit over the top, and the psychological reactions of large groups of people incompatible with my wee knowledge of psychology. I was annoyed at how the stories weaved particular people together, and most annoyed at when he wove current trash-pop stars into the storyline. Grow up. Overall it's a fun read, but more because of the scenarios and logistics you run through your own head than what the book provides. He's better at logistics than people or storytelling. Overall, worth reading, good cocktail fodder.

I'm a tough movie and book audience. I'm not brilliant at all, but I focus on flaws. Give me a premise and stick with it - fine. Violate it or violate other obvious facts and you lose me. Only a bad kitsch horror movie gets leeway, 28 weeks sucked balls while revenge of the titsucker's corpse would probably get rave reviews in my world.

Car - I just considered buying a new car based on an ad I got from the car dealer I got my 2000 honda civic from(I know, I know). Old car only has 53k on it, and appears to sell for 5-8k used. Even if I could get a new one for 16, sell this for 7...that's around 10k I could use elsewhere, before my insurance rose while car value would fall. My car works and has no problems - I should not be thinking irresponsibly. I could buy a z4 if I wanted a toy, but that would significantly impact my acquisition of wealth strategy.

If you look at gas prices is RELATIVE dollars, you find that we are not paying much for gas. I'm skeptical that the sky is falling as everyone on public transportation seems to have an ipod and recently watched a $10 movie - even the not-so-rich. Show me someone who is hungry for food or lacks a warm coat but doesn't care about the label...then I'll agree you're poor. Don't get me wrong - I have problems with the oil companies, but not for their economic strategies. The last I checked Exxon was the worst environmental sinner of them all, and the environment is my concern.

Gas and oil are not basic human rights! What I hate is that they are protected by regulation, and market entry is hard. Or, if the American public was getting that screwed, wouldn't someone else get into the market and cut prices for market share? Thank god we got a new congress, hope they have the sense to cut off those insane attempts to subsidize the oil industry by helping or building their refineries outright. Record profits getting government subsidies? Absurd.