My New Vice...

is eating sunflower seeds in the car. I get in the car and the first thing I want to do...nay...feel compelled to do is grab my bag of sunflower seeds, pop a handful in my mouth, and get a chomping. I then, and this is the worst part, spit the seeds into old Coke bottle I have. I already have filled and emptied that bottle two times. Then I just toss it on the ground until the next time I get into the car. Is there anybody else like me out there? I know I need help, but I just can't get enough of those seeds.

Just some random thoughts

1) Why is it that the nicer the hotel you stay in, the more they charge you for internet use. This weekend we went to San Jose and brought the computer in case we needed to look up an address, find something to do, etc. But it cost $15 for a 24-hour period so that was out. Last year I went to a conference in Ft. Worth at a really nice hotel and it cost $25 for a 24-hour period. Then you go to a Days Inn and you get it for free, no problem.

2) I was just watching the video of the reporter in Iraq who threw a shoe at President Bush. The best part of this is I saw an article with the excerpt that in "Arab culture, throwing shoes at someone, or sitting so that the bottom of a shoe faces another person, is considered an insult."
I find it interesting that sitting with your shoe so it face a person is insulting. That seems interesting and probably specific to the Arab culture. However, I think it goes without saying that throwing a shoe at someone is probably going to be an insult an any culture.