The Wisemans Tools are Analogies and Puzzles

Because I'm feeling (as opposed to being) efficient I would like to make this entry in the form of a list to drive that point home:

1. As luck would have it the supermarket had bags of grade-b oranges on sale for $1/bag. Realizing their practical and æsthetic value (of flawedness) I grabbed two bags. Three weeks of admiring the humanity of their flawed creation I still had two bags of oranges well on their way to starting the wonderful process of decomposition. Now as wonderful as the natural processes of biology are I still hadn't redeemed the practical value of said fruit; which to remind you and myself is to provide me with sustenance.K

   Then like a bolt of lightning hitting my brain I remembered The Electric Juicer Craze of '96. A rather expensive, noisey and flawed Philips that stood handsomely on a shelf in the basement, albeit rather dustily as well. Ressurected from it's tomb of disuse it sprung to life and converted my surplus of oranges into approximately 1L of delicious, nutritious and freshly squeezed orange juice!

   Tremble at the power of the micro-economy happening in my kitchen! Tremble!

2. I watched Oprah today. That's right, O-p-r-a-h, as in Oprah Winfrey live from Harpo Studios. Her coverage on media efforts in the war actually encouraging. They are really utilizing some cool technology to report from the battlefield. We also forget that journalists as well as soldiers risk their lives to bring us the stories, they're pretty much right there on the battlefield with them in this war. Please don't assume I'm taking a pro-war stance, I'm not and still believe the causes of this war to be utterly contrieved and devious, but it's good to know that the media is at least trying to report responsibly.
3. Today was my first day of the 75mg dose of Effexor™. I'm not sure the effects are going to be that immediate but I am feeling fantastic. May also have a lot to do with the super-awesome workout I got in yesterday. Although my arms and shoulders hate me today.

That's all, go home! If you're home... go read a book!

The War May Be On But:

Maybe I should start collecting proof the war on iraq is very economically motivated? Can you believe this? It's almost open admittance that the US is planning how to rape and pillage Iraq after the war. Also Bush wants to further undermine the UN after the war by bringing only American business interest into the country. I can understand the thinking: we fought the war so we get to reap the rewards. Of course it's going to be absolutely necessary give how much war is going to cost the American citizens.

And you wonder why Canadians are "bad neighbours" by not aiding the USA in this insanity? This war represents such an amazing retrograde in world politics I can't even begin to put it into words, there would be so many. So many dimwits talk about "repairing America's image post-war". Well, let me tell you step 1: STOP TAKING OVER FOREIGN COUNTRIES FOR THEIR RESOURCES. That makes you look like a real buncha jerks.

Don't even get me started about your foreign policies towards Canada lately. The attitdue towards international trade is so piggishly patriotic and ignorant to the realities of trade. In the case of our lumber being subject to unreasonable tariffs.. oh, maybe ours cost less because CANADA HAS MORE TREES?!

My dearest American friends, this is not the time to be patriotic. This is the time to THROW THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS OUT OF WASHINGTON.

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NOTE: Oh it feels so good to have vented that. This is a heated entry and I will probably get heated responses. Please understand that by the time any comments come in I will have cooled down by then.