[aristotleman]

Reading this makes me wonder why I quit smoking.

[gcruse]

I'm thinking of taking up radiation, myself.

[maxwellp]

I went to the doctor recently for a check-up. The doctor was pushing all sorts of tests at me (never mind that I feel fine and have no symptoms of anything). I said "Doctor, I really feel that we are going to have some sort of a nuclear war, so tests right now mean nothing to me". He thought about it for a minute or so and finally said "I agree." After 9/11 I'm waiting for the other shoe to fall. If I sound fatalistic, I really am not. It's just that I don't think America, aside from our actions in Afghanistan, is acting in a strong and decisive manner. I haven't heard about illegals from Mid-Eastern countries being deported en masse. Our borders are still wide-open. No one has been tried before a Military Tribunal. And various countries with dictators who are crazy (as in mentally unstable) are busy doing God knows what. When America takes strong action against terrorists then I'll have some tests done.

[germanicus]

Reading this makes me wonder why I quit smoking.

I quit cold turkey eight years ago. If a nuke goes off in this country and I survive the initial blast, I'm smoking a cigarette with a cup of coffee and a big fat donut (or two).