I was really surprised that I did not fell particularly hungry at all. No strong desire to eat or anything. I did feel a bit light-headed, but not in a bad way. Think I’ll try a few more of these mini-fasts before committing to a three-day affair.

P.S. I’m not even bothering to give any excuses for not blogging for so long. Please feel free to make up your own. They will undoubtably be much more interesting than the truth.

New we get to do it again next month in Virginia.

Last year I posted with amusement about the tempest in a teacup that was the Pink Taco Controversy.

James W. Sperman, the creator of the Pink Taco Restaurant & Bar posted a link to a website he created that tells the whole Pink Taco story. It’s worth a read, and as a serial entrepreneur myself, I really feel for the guy.

Why? You stupid fat fuck. Have you looked at yourself in the mirror lately? What a joke. Your lucky I am even writing this because I can’t stand you most of the time. Why do you not get serious about looking better? With all the bullshit out there right now and dam results I’ve seen in the people I know, your an idiot not trying something. My fuckin sister lost 52 lbs not even exercising using this crap http://xxxxxxx.com

It’s about time you stopped being a lazy piece of shit and do something about yourself.

-You know who I am probably

Even in the current state of perpetual panic, however, every once something still makes me say “Shit! These morons are serious!”

It seems that the Department of Homeland Security and the TSA are quite excited about Lamperd’s “EMD Safety Bracelet.” There is a video on the site that really has to be seen to be believed, but I’ll explain briefly.

Under the plan, when we board a flight we would all be issued “safety bracelets” which could only be removed by security personal at the destination. If the airline crew decides we are misbehaving in flight, they will be able to remotely activate our bracelets to deliver a “debilitating electric shock that would render [us] unconscious for several minutes.”

What’s most disturbing is that these people were not laughed at or spat on, but are being actively encouraged by the US government.

The article is full of quotes as to how this will provide greater eductionial oportunitys by allowing more people to get degrees and increase intentional competitiveness and result in a more skilled workforce, presumably because more people earn degrees.

It’s all nonsense, of course, giving more workers progressively more meaningless pieces of paper does not make the workforce more skilled any more than (as the US is finding out) printing more money makes the population any richer.

Actually, much the same is true of the Romanian women. From the glimpses I catch, there seem to be a lot of cute girls in this town, but during the winter they are buried under four layers of clothes and fur, so I can’t really be sure.

I have to come back when it’s warm.

In fact I always considered Turkish food to be either too heavy and greasy or too spicy and greasy like like those damn street kabobs. Turns out I only dislike bad Turkish food. I just hope I can find good Turkish food somewhere other than Istanbul.

Now, it’s back to cold, cold Romania.

It’s early morning and I’m stilling in a hotel lobby in Istanbul waiting for my two friends to go sight-seeing. Ilker’s a Turk, so the two of us are relying on him not to get us too hopelessly lost.

If you don’t hear from me for a few days, send reinforcements.