Currently Listening Children of Dune see related

So the dollar is getting better in ratio with the British Pound. About a month ago it was about 2:1 - two dollars would get one pound. But this morning, it dropped down to 1.86:1. And after doing some math, if I paid the rest of what I owe, it would save me almost $350!! So, moral of the story is that everyone should pray for me that the pound will keep falling. :)

Talk about China and their obsession with image has been in the papers lately. What with the poor little girl who was told she was too ugly to sing for the opening ceremony (they had someone lip sync to her song instead - someone "cuter"). And I agree, I think this is true, but I don't think China is the exception here. The Chinese admit when they think someone is too ugly, and I think we do this to here in the States. We tell models/ballerinas/actresses/etc they are too fat/old/whatever to do things, and we're getting all gripey about China doing the same thing? I think it's quite possible that if the same thing happened here, we just wouldn't admit it.

I'm listening to the Children of Dune sountrack while writing my book! Nothing like a little Fremen music to get the creative thoughts going. :)

I bought a bag for Scotland yesterday! It was the biggest backpack I could find, and only at $100 (with shipping). Normally these things run for a $200 minimum. So praise God for that!

I wonder if all that running is bad for these Olympians who run marathons. I wonder if some of them have had this happen:

http://www.triathletemag.com/Departments/Training/2007/Ask_the_Tri_Doc__Pelvic_Floor_Collapse.htm