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Dear ML--I agree with the hidden feelings TRTL elsewhere expresses about those chain letters, why does someone who allegedly thought of you as a friend think it is appropriate to bury you under the obligation of forwarding a chain letter so you aren't cursed with some awful malady such as bad luck which is essentially square one before you got the damn thing in the first place. I certainly don't believe in it, nevertheless, I looked again at my answers and thought about sending them on...I just don't want to encourage that behavior. After SqrlLvr left this morning, I went to the cabinet to get some cereal. We have three bowl type options, and I pulled my favorite down from the shelf -- inside that bowl was a note that said, "I love you cereal - head", now this certainly spells out my predictability, but nevertheless, I plucked out the post-it note, and then decided to eat SqrlLvr's favorite cereal rather than mine. :) Also in the spirit of being not quite so predictable I quickly snacked on a chocolate chip cookie remaining from my weekend travel. I love gift giving -- trying to think of something that someone wants and plucking it up from the grasps of another e-bayer--but only when I am choosing to do so. I.e. only when it isn't forced upon me by Hallmark. B/c really things like assistant-day are not enjoyable holidays.

Ok, well this word was bugging me all weekend, but now I know what it means....I'm off to do some yoga and become more ascetic.

as·cet·ic /əˈsɛtɪk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[uh-set-ik] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun

1.	a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.

2.	a person who leads an austerely simple life, esp. one who abstains from the normal pleasures of life or denies himself or herself material satisfaction.

3.	(in the early Christian church) a monk; hermit.

–adjective Also, as·cet·i·cal.

4.	pertaining to asceticism.

5.	rigorously abstinent; austere: an ascetic existence.

6.	exceedingly strict or severe in religious exercises or self-mortification.