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I'm off of caffeine and most refined sugar. I feel a lot more endurance and calmer than I used to be, but I still have some problems sleeping. Whereas before my heart rate never dropped under 100bpm, its now around 60bpm resting. Thats a huge weight off of my shoulders. I've found that drinking lots of bottled water tends to ward off headaches during the day as well.

Actually eating breakfast and taking high-powered vitamins can work wonders for your general health.

This is for once, a thoughtful chain-letter going around the web right now.

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of its releases.

A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.

D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.

E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.

While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look at New Orleans. It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division... Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D) is presently asking the Congress for $250 billion to rebuild New Orleans. What does this really mean?

A. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, child), you each get $516,528.

B. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.

C. Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.

But of course this would not happen. The bureaucracy feeds off of the bureaucracy. Hard earned money is going into the pockets of those collecting and distributing your hard earned money, not the people who it is falsely intended for to begin with.

For further money-wasting comparisons, visit www.costofwar.com.

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I don't think those of us who own microwaves appreciate them enough. They deserve a day in their honor or something.

[00:16] jwoodcould: what cho know bout the absurd?
[00:39] rockettemorton: it wears boots
[00:39] rockettemorton: teh
[00:41] jwoodcould: of course