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So now I know that I'm on the FiletMignon cluster. Mmmmm.....filet mignon....*drools*

Something I wasn't able to post yesterday, but which merited it:

A recycling plant in Anderson, Indiana, was burning yesterday after some magnesium
caught fire. It is still smouldering. Magnesium, pure magnesium, is one of the most flammable substances known, especially when finely divided, as in powder form. And once it starts, it's almost impossible to put out because burning magnesium will burn with air, with carbon dioxide, with water, with halon extinguishers. The best way to put it out is to smother it with sand, but with a big enough fire, magnesium will even burn with sand. The article doesn't say what form this magnesium was in but it does say that some 4,000 to 6,000 pounds of it was burning. *2* to *3* tons of burning magnesium. The fire chief is quoted as saying "God doesn't have enough sand in Anderson" to put it out. I believe him. *2* to *3* tons of it....Holy Hell.....

Opinions, get yer opinions here!

So tonight the phone rang, and yet another person I don't know from Adam was calling me out of the blue. Normally, like most people, I don't have time for telemarketers and I tell them politely but in no uncertain terms to leave me alone. Only this time it wasn't a telemarketer. What it was, was a pollster for the CBS Evening News/New York Times.

*grin* Opinions? Hell yeah, I have opinions. You wanna hear them? Great! Let's go!

I answered questions for several minutes and at the end when he said "Do you mind if we call you back and ask you some more?" I said "Sure! Love to!"

So if any of y'all are watching the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather Wednesday the 19th, or reading the New York Times the following Thursday, yours truly got a chance to speak out in that poll.

God, I *LOVE* the right to free speech!

*grin*

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Update (1/17/5): Here it is!