But all other winged insects which have four feet are an abomination to you.

Damnit, there go my lunch plans.

Olives are cured, but not heated, which makes them raw according to most raw food guides I've read. I think. The point is, olives are delicious.

Coffee makes people more receptive to argument, a new study shows:

The Australian researchers say a caffeine hit improves our ability to process information and increases the extent to which we listen to and take on board a persuasive message.

They tested this by quizzing people about their attitudes to voluntary euthanasia and abortion before and after either the equivalent of about two cups of coffee or a placebo.

They were also given a persuasive argument to read after having the caffeine.

The experiments showed that "caffeine increases persuasion through instigating systematic processing of the message".

But caffeine also puts people in a better mood, which makes them more likely to agree with a message, the researchers say.

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The study has implications for advertisers, he says, because it suggests that they should schedule adverts for times when people are likely to be consuming caffeine, such as breakfast time.

Drinking too much coffee, however, means we're more likely to be distracted by peripheral factors, rather than the strength of the argument.

"So if you're looking at an advertisement you may be more distracted by the attractiveness of the person selling it than the actual product," he says.

The point is, olives are delicious.

Also, sometimes necessary for martinis.

I confess that in high school, at Baptist summer camp, I participated in the creation of a rap version of the Lord's Prayer.

points

laughs

It's nice to see Sarameg laughing.

Jesse, you shouldn't go to Vegas that weekend. It will be hot, and crowded. You should wait until later, say September 16th and 17th.

Also,

And the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals and fruit bats and large chu--

I think odd mixes of musical styles and religion must be a protestant tradition. recalls really bad hippy guitar music.

The Catholics are no strangers to it. We had the hippy guitar music, with tamborines, at both my grade school church and my high school church. There was also the Jesus Loves You rock opera.

Oh and once, at summer camp, a nun did an interpretive dance on the altar to Day by Day.

I kind of doubt it, given that'll be a huge weekend. I sometimes use the program Travelaxe to compare various outlets. They're not bad on Vegas.

Crapity. I wasn't thinking. Stupid school filling up my brain with non-fun things!

Jesse, you shouldn't go to Vegas that weekend. It will be hot, and crowded. You should wait until later, say September 16th and 17th.

Hmm. If I can get K to have her bachelorette party after the wedding, that should work out great!

A cardinal just attacked the window. It was pissed.

A cardinal just attacked the window.

Who won?