I got on through a proxy site.

Speaking of music industry bullshit:

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Beck, as long as the hostage remains in proximity to the hostage taker, you cannot cure the Stockholm Syndrome; the hostage-takers power over the hostage will remain. There are, I think, but two options.

1. Separate the two, placing the hostage-taker in the care of someone who could put him to better use (say, employ him as a minion of some kind) -- I believe you already have such a deal in place with someone I know.


2. Take the entire hostage/hostage-taker unit hostage, thereby overwhelming one instance of Stockholm Syndrome with another. I believe this is known in the world of unlawful confinement as "The Swedish One-Up". (Not to be confused with "The Italian One-Up" associated with green mushrooms that you may be more familiar with.)

1962: Jukeboxes are killing music:

This year, those who are supporting the change in the law have reason to be optimistic. Representative Emanuel Celler of New York has introduced a bill "to stop the legalized piracy of copyrighted music by the jukebox syndicate," and a vote will be taken at the current session of Congress. As for the Senate, its Judiciary Committee has already recommended a similar bill in a previous session. Supported both by the Sandburg group and by the public's growing awareness of underworld domination of the jukebox business, the current bill has an excellent chance of passing. If it does, the usually unsung songwriter will finally be able to give less thought to the nation's laws and more to its musical needs. Who knows? With added financial security, he may even write better songs.

ummmm, Beck... You clearly don't understand the hormones involved in the whole pregnancy process. If you don't believe in their powers, most women give you a pleasant reminder once a month. Now, I don't know the specifics of this, but that parasite she's carrying is pumping out hormones that are entering her blood stream and are feeding back on her brain. Probably her hypothalamous. Most hormones in my experience feed back on the hypothalamous. My limited experience tells me that the drug involved is most likely progesterone, but estrogen may also be involved in this.

Keri really does love it, especially when given that love is just a series of chemical reactions. Not by her choice really, but she does love it.

Now, depending on how you view these simple facts of life, it either now has a worse hold over your wife, or, it's your fault because half of the genetic makeup of this baby is you, and you're child is a parasite. Question therein; which one of you gave it the parasite genes?

I would like to help with the deprogramming but the only way I know how was learned off japanese slashy flicks. Lets not go down that road.

Can I get some help here?
I'm trying to convince Keri that she's suffering from Stockholm syndrome, but she's in denial. She says she loves the fetus she's carrying, but really, she hasn't even met it yet. It's holding her captive. It controls everything she does, she can't go anywhere without it, she even has to pee on it's command. Yet she loves it. She seems completely oblivious to the fact that it's just using her for it's own ends, even going so far as to leech nutrients from her own body. It's being parasitic, yet she loves it. This is a blatantly obvious case of Stockholm syndrome... she needs help. I need to get it for her, as I am, the worlds best husband.

Mars is indeed the one that is peanut-free. And has the prominent logo to trumpet it.

re the Mars bar incident: "we are very pleased that they now recognise the importance of integrity to all their customers, especially vegetarians,"

gee, if only all companies were so inclined...
especially for vegetarians...
not as though integrity is important for the rest of us schmucks...

you know, I don't know if the Canadian Mars group is following the same rules or not... there were no "peanut-free" labels on the Mars bar, or is it Mars that did that? maybe it was Nestle... hmm... still... nice to know those Brits recognized the importance of integrity... finally (I mean, really, what about before? integrity wasn't a problem???)

Afraid of cancer? Giving up hope makes it worse:

Niederdeppe and colleagues analyzed a National Cancer Institute survey that asked people whether they agreed with three statements about cancer. About 47 percent of those surveyed agreed that "it seems like almost everything causes cancer," while 27 percent agreed that "there's not much people can do to lower their chances of getting cancer."

Most of all, Americans are confused, with 71.5 percent agreeing that "there are so many recommendations about preventing cancer, it's hard to know which ones to follow," researchers wrote in their report, published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

People who agreed with at least one of the three statements were less likely than others to exercise weekly and eat five daily servings of fruits and vegetables, said Niederdeppe and colleagues.