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Ash Wednesday! Slept poorly last night--slept some early in the morning. Then grabbed some lunch, rested for a while, went to fitness center for a tour of the circuit machines, stopped for a Frap, and ended up watching TV episodes until it was dinner time.

Tomorrow is dance class time--in the improver-level group.

I had a lot of thoughts today about what the future can look like for me. I'm on the road to nowhere--on the trail of the disappearing options. I wander, I spin, but I'm getting nowhere fast.

MD got a stack of junk mail--over 20 pieces. The organizations are selling and reselling her demographic data to more and more non-profits--they all smell the fresh scent of money.  At 20 pieces/day, she could potentially build up to nearly 500 pieces/month--an obscene number of requests for donations and such. The solicitors use an array of guilt-based tactics to pull the recipient into giving money--including putting money in the request, using a check that is included as a form of matching fund, attaching coins and stamps, proffering various gifts and products, including images and photographs that engender shock or empathy, and so on.

Ashes to ashes--dust to dust! Eat the bread, not just the crust! Eat it all, until you bust!