The Right Wing

Once again, I find myself agreeing with Stephan.

Iraq

I wanted to chime in as seconding Stephan's comments here.

The speed of emotion.

I've long thought that there was an emotional/intellectual dichotomy that went largely overlooked.  In college, I wrote an essay (not for any class) on how the "speed of thought" is out-done by the "speed of emotion."  It's why rollercoasters are scary even when you know they are safe.  Same for scary movies.  Intellectually, you know you're fine, but the emotion gets there first and is hard to uproot.

dirtSimple.org: The Multiple Self

dirtSimple.org: The Multiple Self - Nicely said.

iPod Quandry

Well, my 1st gen iPod has finally died.  Now I am in a quandry.  Much as I would love to replace it with a video iPod, I'm not sure I can justify the expense.  On the other hand, I can spend about $130 to replace the dead hard drive in my old 5 GB with a 20 GB one.  Hm...