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I know I'm late to the party, but I just discovered Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab and their wonderful-sounding scents. Mmmm.

I ordered a full-size vial of All Saints (which hopefully is still in stock), and a six-sample package consisting of Harlot, Old Morocco, Libertine, Black Forest, Circe and Morgause. Too bad for Instant Gratification Girl here that they say orders "are currently taking an excess of 21 - 30 business days to process, pack and ship out due to a heavy workload, the process of hand-blending, the nature of our product, and the current bottle situation".


Why yes, picking out perfume is much more entertaining right at the moment than trying to refresh my PHP and SQL skills, although I'm at least multi-tasking -- Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab in one tab, MySQL documentation in another. Tabbed browsing is the best thing EVAR.

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http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/currentevents/fr/stupidWhiteMen.htm

Yet with all this competition, not to mention a nation completely divided right down the middle by a colossal idealistic fissure, how the hell did Michael Moore not only win the Oscar, write not one but two number one bestsellers, and make the must-see film of the year? It is because Moore, to paraphrase John Hughes, paints his targets with the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions and people eat it up. The concept is not radically different from either White House tactics or Keebler Cookie advertisements, really, but boy, does it sell.

[Let's see if invoking Mr. Moore (the reviewer, that is) gets him to answer his damn email. ;)]

ongoing debate commentary

I can't be the only one who was waiting for Kerry to finish his statement about countries pulling out of the coalition with "...like Poland". Can I?

Extremely poor form to shout over the moderator, Mr. President.

Attack of the Killer TomatoesCanadian Drugs! WTF?

Um, remember how well "Read my lips: no new taxes" worked last time?

Bush: "I guess you can say I'm a steward of the land." (Does this mean at some point you're going to freak out, set yourself on fire and pitch yourself off a cliff?)

Bush: "I really don't think your rights are being watered down." [...] "I don't think the PATRIOT Act abridges your rights at all." (I think those statements stand on their own, there is nothing at all that I can or need to say.)

Ha! "Please list three decisions you've made that you think now were wrong." *flail* "I made some mistakes in appointing people." Otherwise, I'm never wrong. Ever. Look, terrorists!