What the hell?

Are You Fighting A Losing Battle?

Are You Sick, Depressed,
Going Through A Divorce,
On Drugs, Lonely?

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The question I have is .... who exactly is going to answer the phone?

(Not the same caliber of top-notch English speaking telemarketers who call me promptly when I'm thinking, eating, or attempting a nap, right? Or - gasp - is there a phone tree? tee hee. Even G. has had to consider automated messaging.)

I was flipping through our local Yankee Trader and noticed a preponderance of pizza coupons, liquor sales, and apparently a calling to a higher being. Included in this quarter page advert was a little pudgy man desperately pulling on a rope. I dunno. It struck me as funny, which is probably not the outcome they were hoping for. I'm not exactly a non believer in the big G, but have yet to find the perfect equilibrium where I understand the purpose of things. I scratch my head at how any established Church would resort to placing such a lousy ad in the first place. Unless, of course, they didn't. But since I'm not about to call, I guess that one will have to bother me.

Random thought: Did you realize how the folks up North abstain, for the most part, from bundling religion into the everyday? And that "in god we trust" is not a phrase uttered in national ceremonies or printed on currency? The devout brethen have less influence in politics than they do here. And! That,"...the state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation," said former prime minister Pierre Trudeau in 1968 when, as justice minister, he introduced reforms to divorce, homosexuality, and abortion laws.

(Ok, so I went to the library tonight. Thank you World Book. "Devout brethen" were words straight out of the mouth of the Reference Guy. & Never you mind that I somehow overlooked the slippers I was wearing with pants until I was standing in the front doorway. sigh. Such a slippery slope.)

Hey, anyone try the ebay of the travel world yet? skyauction.com? I decided to poke around after reading about it in the wsj. (Some guy picked up a cruise to Italy for $11.) It's different from hotwire, priceline, etc. in that the prices start from a buck...leaving plenty of room to bid upwards. And! you can bid for other people.

BTW I picked up another super duper low price gift certificate today on eBay. Five bucks for a 25 GC isn't too bad. Take that furry, ugly past blind date! (Trust me, it's a long story. But he really was beat with the ugly stick, as my brother used to say.)

posted by irene @ 3/29/2003 12:05:00 AM