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Weekend: Productive, exhausting, fun at points
Sleep dep: Still in a deficit despite my best intentions
Desire to call in this morning: Strong

I do have a clean apartment, got some serious work done on several projects, finished up my passport requirements and got that stuff ready to be mailed out tomorrow, did all the shopping I'd need to for this week, and went a little nutty at Trader Joe's. They are, actually, quite a bit cheaper than Whole Foods and in some ways their selection is better. They even had Tofutti faux cream cheese in stock, yay!

Tonight is laundry and exercise as it's been much too long since I did both those things. Weight's creeping up again and that is not acceptable. :(

Mom's apparently happily set up in a hotel in London and so far enjoying her trip. :)

Oh and a slight PSA:

Date & Time: Thursday, September 15, 2005 - Friday,
September 16, 2005
7:00 PM
Location: Studio Mystic Shelpa
116 Town and Country Village
Sunnyvale, Ca view map
More Info: 408-739-2979
"Real Men Belly Dance" A men-oriented dance workshop
with Jim Boz

Thursday Sept. 15th 2005
7:00pm - 9:00pm
$35 adv. / $40 at door

Studio Mystic Shelpa
116 Town and Country Village,
Sunnyvale, Ca
408-739-2979

Male Dancers:
-Learn Raqs Sharqi movement (all levels)
-Expand your repertoire
- Absorb performance technique and staging from the
master
- Build your skills by learning to project grace as
well as strength

Instructors:
- Find out how to adjust movement to project
"masculinity"
- Get tips on costuming the male member of your troupe

- Learn tips & tricks for avoiding coed class snafus

"I never knew a linebacker could move like that!"
-overheard at showcase event

For more information or to pre pay in advance,
Conatact Zari@zari.tv or Mina@dalloua.com or
webmail@jimboz.com

( A bit spoilery for SciFi Friday evening's episodes... )

Freedom not so much marching as kneeling

Uh-oh, you know the GOP is in trouble when even the hackiest of their hacks has started refusing the Kool Aid:

For what it’s worth, this is where I get off the bus. The principal mission of the so-called “war on terror” – which is actually a war on militant Islam – is to destroy the capacity of the international network of jihadists to project power in a way that threatens American national security. That is the mission that the American people continue to support.
[...]
Now, if several reports this weekend are accurate, we see the shocking ultimate destination of the democracy diversion. In the desperation to complete an Iraqi constitution – which can be spun as a major step of progress on the march toward democratic nirvana – the United States of America is pressuring competing factions to accept the supremacy of Islam and the fundamental principle no law may contradict Islamic principles.
[...]
But even if I suspended disbelief for a moment and agreed that the democracy project is a worthy casus belli, I am as certain as I am that I am breathing that the American people would not put their brave young men and women in harm’s way for the purpose of establishing an Islamic government. Anyplace.

Whoopsie. Undoubtedly this piece was in response to this:

The United States has eased its opposition to an Islamic Iraqi state to help clinch a deal on a draft constitution before tonight's deadline.

American diplomats backed religious conservatives who threatened to torpedo talks over the shape of the new Iraq unless Islam was a primary source of law. Secular and liberal groups were dismayed at the move, branding it a betrayal of Washington's promise to advocate equal rights in a free and tolerant society....

According to Kurdish and Sunni negotiators, the US ambassador, Zalmay Khalilzad, proposed that Islam be named "a primary source" and supported a wording which would give clerics authority in civil matters such as divorce, marriage and inheritance....

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