inventory

Weight lost so far: 5 lbs
Number of outright rejections from online personals: 1
Number of times the same coworker has attempted blame transfer to me this week: 3
Number of times I've told the cat to shut up so far this week: ~18
Number of hours so far today I have felt hungry: 15
Sleep last night, in hours: 4
Amount of money I have spent on miscellaneous amateur radio equipment this week: $150

For eyeteeth and stimps

For your fatal reconnaissance at Baffin Bay, etc. VELO!!!

The rest of the store is pretty cool also.

SURFACE. TO AIR. MISSILE.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The airspace above Walt Disney World has been free of aircraft since March, when the government said the resort was a terrorism target of symbolic value. But a Christian organization that wants to send banner-towing planes over the theme park during this week's Gay Days festivities believes the no-fly zone equals no free speech.

You know, guys, you could be using those planes to fly doctors down to Mexico to poor people who need them. I have friends who do that with their church.

Theatre of Cruelty

Lincoln Clarkes' heroines is a disturbing article to me. The guy took some fascinating pictures of prostitutes in Vancouver BC, but his outlook appears very twisted to me.

I don't think prostitutes are "strong women" or "survivors". Maybe survivors in the sense that someone who's just been shot and is bleeding to death is currently surviving. I also don't care for his dumb play on word "heroines". Plays on words don't do much for me when they're about people who are suffering and going to die.

Everything isn't art, guy. Some things, like young women on drugs, being used by the sex industry, and dying before their time, are real, and it takes more than a spoonful of sugar to make it all better.