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Thursday, February 13, 2003

Life Mysteries Let's Not Overanalyze This

To be conscious in these days of Paxil, Prozac and Dr. Phil is to question one's own sanity on an almost weekly basis. Self-diagnosis is a tricky business, especially when it comes to the mind. Still, with all the memoirs of addiction and depression and the countless websites devoted to mental health, it's more tempting than ever to lie down on the couch and ask, Am I rich?
· Self-diagnosis is a fool's game, but that never stopped me [Time]

Is Valentine's Day harmless fun?

From Love lotteries to Water Loterries: Roses and the big p... Down Under
Fifteen months after Adelaide signed a contract turning over its waterworks to a private consortium controlled by Thames Water and Vivendi, the city was engulfed in a powerful sewage smell, which became known as ‘the big pong.’