I received the following in an email. I'm not sure if it's one of those email hoaxes, but it seems like a good thing to start doing. Peace in our world, what a concept!

Dear Friends,

In W.W.II, there was an advisor to Churchill who organized a group of people who dropped what they were doing every day at a prescribed hour for one minute to collectively pray for the safety of
England, its people and peace.

There is now a group of people organizing the same thing here in America.

If you would like to participate, every evening at 9:00pm Eastern Time, 8:00 Central, 7:00 Mountain, 6:00 Pacific, stop whatever you are doing and spend one minute praying (meditating, visioning - whatever works for you) for the safety of the United States, its citizens, its men and women in the military, and for peace in the world.

If you know anyone else who would like to participate, please pass this along.

Now that I've lost enough weight to be able to fit into most of my skirts, I went to the mall last night to buy some pantyhose. Pantyhose is so expensive! Since I haven't worn a short skirt and hose in ages, I forgot how much the stuff costs. A pair of DKNY Ultra Sheer hose, the best hose for dressy short black outfits, costs $17.

I spent five minutes contemplating whether I really needed to spend $17 on a pair of pantyhose, but I rationalized the expense and told myself DKNY is the best and lasts a long time. I can't believe I used to have to wear pantyhose every day, and had to buy the stuff constantly.

I needed to buy four more pairs, but settled on only the brands that were on sale like Nine West or Calvin Klein. Even on sale the hose still cost about $5-6 per pair, but at least they were cheaper than the $17 DKNY pair.

Strangely enough, there were sale signs in every window of almost every store. It makes me think that retailers aren't doing that well, and are desperate to lure shoppers by having sales. I don't remember March being a big sales month. Desperate mall retailers is not a good sign.

Disturbing news from the New York Post about Iraqi soldiers found with gas masks and nerve agent antidotes on them, CAPTURED FOES FOUND WITH CHEM-WAR GEAR.

I'm trying to find articles on the e-bomb the US military used to knockout the Iraqi television station. The e-bomb is supposedly an electromagnetic pulse bomb, which shorts out everything than runs on electronics in its range. Remember that series on Fox called "Dark Angel"? In that show, the modern world was wiped out by an electromagnetic pulse. There was an e-bomb type device used in the new movie remake of "Oceans 11" with George Clooney and Brad Pitt. And in the movie "The Matrix", Morpheus said an electromagnetic pulse was the only thing that could kill those giant metal squids that were attacking the ship.

Interesting article from the The UK Sun Online how the biased the BBC's coverage of the war is, BBC's own man blasts his bosses over 'bias' . I always thought the BBC was very unbiased, but not according to this Sun reporter.

Here's an excerpt:

In one blast, he storms: “Who dreamed up the line that the coalition are achieving ‘small victories at a very high price?’

“The truth is exactly the opposite.

“The gains are huge and the costs still relatively low. This is real warfare, however one-sided, and losses are to be expected.”