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For those who are not familiar, there is a tradition every year when millions of Jews wake up following holiday festivities and groan in pain. Passover is a kind of fast from low density (aka leavened) food. Our systems are not designed to deal with high-density food alone. There should be a section of the haggadah dedicated to bathroom reading afterwards because you are going to be in there for a while.

After hearing Obama and Thompson on NPR All Things Considered last night I felt the need to post some of my observations. You can really tell why Doug and I gravitate toward Thompson and Obama respectively. Both men project a distinct air of honesty about them. The responses to assertions that their lack of spin may be used against them were classic. Referring to the last debate, Obama said jokingly “yeah, maybe I should have answered that my greatest weakness is I help old ladies across the street.” In his interview Thompson jabbed “some people are more interested in style than substance [...] there is plenty of people for them to vote for too.

Obama and Thompson were both asked about a now inevitable economic stimulus package. Oddly enough both of them had a rather similar response which contrasts with their competitors. They said we should consider a one-time infusion of money into the economy by tacking it on to an existing vehicle. Tacking it on to an existing vehicle allows us to avoid potential pork and minimize bureaucratic skimming. Thompson was also prompted to mention not doing anything, which is where I personally lean right now.

I am actually pulling for Romney on the Republican side. It is time for them to know how we Dems felt with Kerry as our nominee. Actually comically enough he is pretty much like Kerry with an R. I did not make this video, but it sums:

You’ll need to be more than a world class swimmer to cross to New Jersey.

Overcoming Procrastination

Except:

Procrastination or “task aversion” is the irrational delay of an intended course of action, even while expecting to be worse off for the delay (compare temporisation). The procrastinator deviates from the task, usually in favor of another more enjoyable (or less unenjoyable) activity. This behavior is pervasive throughout society – everyone procrastinates to some degree – but some people are so chronically affected as to be severely debilitated.

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I have also made further attempts to register this blog and I am presently trying to contect their support to figure out why it no worky. To answer Doug’s question, Technorati allows a user to create a RSS feed for arbitrary searches. Therefor you could have notification of someone linking to your site or to a peticular tag. If Doug had known this he could have been notified of this post in his liferea cha cha cha