The Monday Poll - Torture

Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in the non-opinions of this poll are not necessarily opinions.


[Poll #840679]

What practices constitute cruel and unusual punishment, i.e., torture?

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Forced to listen to 48 hours straight of polka music.
0(0.0%)
Being deprived of lattes for 48 eight hours.
0(0.0%)
Forced to listen to opera for 48 hours straight.
0(0.0%)
Made to listen to George W. Bush, Condoleeza Rice, or Arnold Schwarzenegger talk for longer than 10 seconds, or 48 hours straight.
0(0.0%)
Forced to listen to rap for 48 hours straight.
0(0.0%)
Made to read poetry for 48 hours straight.
0(0.0%)
Forced to listen to country music for 48 hours straight.
1(6.2%)
Made to play bingo for 48 hours straight.
0(0.0%)
Forced to listen to Yanni and John Tesh for 48 hours straight.
0(0.0%)
Waterboarding, sexual humiliation, sleep deprivation, threats to family, psychological intimidation, now permissible under the Bush Administration's revised Geneva Convention.
2(12.5%)
Being asked to tick tickies for 48 hours straight.
0(0.0%)
Other (torture us in comments?)
0(0.0%)
If you had to choose your torture, which would you choose?

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Forced to listen to 48 hours straight of polka music.
0(0.0%)
Being deprived of lattes for 48 eight hours.
5(33.3%)
Forced to listen to opera for 48 hours straight.
2(13.3%)
Made to listen to George W. Bush, Condoleeza Rice, or Arnold Schwarzenegger talk for longer than 10 seconds, or 48 hours straight.
0(0.0%)
Forced to listen to rap for 48 hours straight.
0(0.0%)
Made to read poetry for 48 hours straight.
3(20.0%)
Forced to listen to country music for 48 hours straight.
0(0.0%)
Made to play bingo for 48 hours straight.
0(0.0%)
Forced to listen to Yanni and John Tesh for 48 hours straight.
0(0.0%)
Waterboarding, sexual humiliation, sleep deprivation, threats to family, psychological intimidation, now permissible under the Bush Administration's revised Geneva Convention.
0(0.0%)
Being asked to tick tickies for 48 hours straight.
2(13.3%)

An end to S.A.D.

Although inland in SoCal they're still having hot weather, here at the coast we've had a couple of weeks of cool, foggy weather—and I'm happy! The only thing that would make me happier is a good, pouring rainstorm.

I have seasonal affected disorder. I've known this for over a decade, but medical science just recently caught up with me. They've known for quite some time that some people would go into depressions with the waning light and cold of winter, but it's only quite recently they've discovered that there's an opposite syndrome. I knew there was an opposite syndrome long before they admitted it because I'd been living it. It was vindicating to finally have it confirmed. (See this article, kindly provided by merebrillante.

Every summer since at least my early teens, as soon as the hot weather came and stayed, I would go into a tailspin. My summer doldrums would last until the weather cooled, which is why fall has always been my favorite time of year. It harkens the lifting of the gloom, the beginning of my most productive season. Every summer I seem to rehash the old stuff because my creative energy wanes, and every fall I seem to start a new novel because my creativity explodes forth once again. This year is no exception: I've raked over the corpse of Shivery Bones and now I'm well launched on the new novel, Charged with Folly.

I really should move to England or the Pacific Northwest. Whenever I visit those places, or there's a rainstorm, I really come alive. I'm nauseatingly chipper, in fact. Nothing that a good dose of cold won't cure...unless you're one of the winter S.A.D. folks and then I believe you need to sit under sun lamps.

Random quote of the day:

"Your mood doesn't really matter. Some of the best creative work gets done on the days when you feel that everything you're doing is just plain junk."

—Julia Cameron


P.S. Happy birthday, John Lennon.