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Horoscopes from The Onion: You'll fall to your knees this week and beg God for forgiveness. Then it's right back to what you were doing on your knees in the first place. Throwing a temper tantrum won't do you any good today. If you really want to go to the zoo that bad, just drive yourself. Strange impulses you can neither describe nor explain impel you to take your life savings, drive to Vegas, and put it all on red. Your stress-management technique of taking long, deep breaths will prove disastrous this week when a riptide drags you underwater.

sometimes when I get overwhelmed with what is really a simple project at home or work, I just think of trying to design and build a new jet or trying to operate a war and I don't feel too overwhelmed anymore.....

gee, Lee. wish you'd take a greater interest in this topic...your lack of participation is shocking....by the way, what does UNOS mean?....some joke to do with the South?.... on the little letter I got which I mentioned in the first post in this thread, they mention some concerns people might have....one is that, as Lee said, some donors feel they'll (or their estate will) have to pay for the donation...not true....another concern is that some feel that hospital care will be diminished if they know you're a donor...apparently not true, also....they also say that no major religion opposes donation.....I guess it just comes down to making the decision and following thru.....I do remember many years ago there was a rumor that the donor had to fill out extra paperwork and pay a fee when they marked it on their driver's license...not true, I guess..... expanding the topic a bit here, but, as Lee says, ALL of us here need to make sure our wills, trusts, the various POAs, directives, final wishes, account beneficiaries (you may not want to name "your estate" for this, by the way) are in order.....here in Arizona, the Attorney General's website has some of these forms and info for free....you do not necessarily need to go to a lawyer if things are simple.....google "organ and tissue donation" for your state and look for the official site for your area...it may be a .org website

by the way, I like gp0560's great little suggestion!.....and the "dr" in my handle does not stand for doctor.... was asking this question simply because there seems to be so much pleading and advertising to "become an organ donor" (billboards and all that) that there must be some controversy....maybe it's just that people don't bother to do the paperwork??....I have no religious beliefs, so that argument fails.....if no other argument emerges, it's certainly the right thing to do.... I guess one concern would be that the docs make sure the various organs donated are good enough for transplant, but I'm sure that's done..... are there any other devil's advocates out there??...thanks, Lee, for your excellent posts - here in this thread and on all the others

I received some sort of update letter from the state asking me to reconfirm being an organ donor, which I must've checked off many years ago on my driver's license.....(yeah, will confirm it's legit) got me thinking if there are any valid reasons people do NOT want to be an organ donor...religion?....too freaky?....or what?.... just wondering if any of you can be a devil's advocate and "defend" not being a donor....want to make sure I'm not being a hypocrite!.....thanks

just adding that I'm also a very happy Netflix customer and I haven't even played with their "instant to your TV" features and all that....website is easy and even fun to use...quick service: I mail the movie back before the 9pm pickup at my local PO and an email is in my inbox about 5am saying they've got it back!! (must have an arrangement with the PO) haven't darkened the doorstep of a Blockbuster for years...they were white hot years ago, of course, but aggressive business by others has left them behind... it's a fast-changing world out there....

shirtless Tiger on Vanity Fair cover http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/34689245#34689245 the female reporter claims the shot is "provocative"....I don't think so, but she seems breathless as she reports this "breaking news"

click on "click here......", then "webcast", in the link above to watch.... says 9:40am PT today, Dec. 15th.......

$2.41/gallon here in Arizona a couple days ago....