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I probably don't need to point out that I don't see a therapist for THIS problem. I see a therapist (every two or three weeks) and this came up during a recent session.

If you watch it for a while and then stop, you get seriously motion sick...

Basically that I should... 1) Remember what's important in my life (my wife and daughter). 2) Recognize that my CD habit isn't destructive unless I'm spending money I don't have (which I sometimes do...damn credit cards!). 3) Focus on enjoying what I have instead of always wanting more. 4) Recognize and celebrate the small victories. Recently, I went into Borders and browsed without buying anything. I broke down and went back and got seven discs later that day, but the point is that I did manage to resist the temptation to buy.

Well, when I was growing up in Iceland... Never mind, we did eventually import saws. (Knock on the door...DAD answers...A MAN wearing a sign that reads ICLANDIC HONEY WEEK stands before him) Man: A strong hive of bees contains approximately 75,000 bees. Each honey bee must make 154 trips to collect one teaspoon of honey. Hello, sir. Dad: What do you want? Man: Would you like to buy some of our honey, sir? Mother: What you doing in here? Man: Which would you like, the Californian Orange Blossom, the Mexican, the New Zealand, or the Scottish Heather? Mother: He can't eat honey. It makes him go plop plops. Man: Come on, please try some. Dad: All right I'll have some Icelandic Honey. Man: No, there is no such thing. Dad: You mean you don't make any honey at all? Man: No, no, we must import it all. Every bally drop. We are a gloomy people. It's so crikey cold and dark up there, and only fish to eat. Fish and imported honey. Oh strewth! Mother: Well why do you have a week? Man: Listen Buster! In Reykyavik it is dark for eight months of the year, and it's cold enough to freeze your wrists off and there's only golly fish to eat. Administrative errors are bound to occur in enormous quantifies. Look at this - it's all a mistake. It's a real pain in the sphincter! Icelandic HoneyWeek? My Life! Mother: Well why do you come in here trying to flog the stuff, then? Man: Listen Cowboy. I got a job to do. It's a stupid, pointless job but at least it keeps me away from Iceland, all right? The leg of the worker bee has... (They slam the door on him. Someone rather like Jeremy Thorpe looks round the door and waves as they do so.)

I can dig it!

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Over at Our Lady of Hostility...

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Isn't that like counting on a fellow smoker to help you stop smoking? Or a fellow junkie to keep me from shooting up...

Greatest Christmas album EVER is... "I love those J-I-N-G-L-E bells..." This one's not bad either... ...especially "(It Must've Been Old) Santa Claus." "Happy Ho-Ho-Ho to you!"

No shit, I've actually been discussing my CD habit with my therapist lately. The thing is, starting in January I'm going to start Student Teaching. Which means I won't be working. Which means I won't be bringing in any income. Which means we're living off of my wife's salary. Which means, not just a CD diet, but an all out CD FAMINE. No new CDs for at least twelve weeks. So I've gotta work on that impulse that compells me to buy new CDs. I will say that I've never bought 35 CDs at one time. My record is, maybe, seven or eight at a time. Never above ten in a week. I'm counting on you guys to help keep me honest starting January 19th...

You can't eat a Ted's without Loganberry! Sacrelidge!

Well, being that my daughter is only four, I haven't bought any of "her" music (she's mainly into Disney Princesses and Sesame Street), but I do have some albums that a lot of people would consider "kid" music. OutKast (Stankonia and Speakerboxx/The Love Below) Joss Stone (The Soul Sessions and Mind, Body, and Soul) Angie Stone (Stone Love) Can't think of anything else off hand (does the new U2 album count?), but my point is that I think I'm open enough to good music to find it anywhere... I'm certainly not one of those "music was better in the old days" people...

Do they have the Loganberry in Phoenix?

Wow, I didn't know that this album had jazz cred. Now I'll have to check it out. Damn you!

Here's the menu... Menu OMG, my mouth is watering. I'm going to Buffalo for Christmas, and you KNOW I'm gonna go to Ted's!!!

If you're ever in Buffalo, NY be sure to visit... Literally the best hot dogs in the FUCKING universe and beyond...

The First Church of Headbanging...

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Ah! Truth in advertising!

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I'm sure it would make more money than bingo!

Hee hee!