My quicklinks seem to be auto-posting at 8:30pm my time but with a timestamp of 7:30pm. Hmmm.

• JFKaos
  Information on the JFK: Reloaded game that caused controversy by having players duplicate Oswald’s shots from the book depository.
  Tags: games
• Cheap Donuts and Expensive Broccoli: the Effect of Relative Prices on Obesity
  We examine the role of relative food prices in determining an individual’s body mass index, arguing that as healthful foods become more expensive relative to unhealthful foods, individuals substitute to a less healthful diet. (Um, duh? I’ve known this for a while now!) [via metafilter]
  Tags: diet
• Anti-Gay E-mails from an Army Recruiter
  Holy shit. Start at the bottom and scroll up - this Army recruiter has clearly gone off her rocker. [via metafilter, PDF format]
  Tags: queer
• Effects of Sleep Deprivation
  Brief journal of a guy who went without sleep for five days. [via metafilter]
  Tags: health
• Where’s George? Bill Tracking Report
  I am pretty sure that this bill is the slowest bill EVER. It’s gone 16 miles in six YEARS since I entered it.
  Tags: funny

• Etiquette Hell
  In the grand tradition of Customers Suck comes this collection of stories submitted by readers. [via queenkappa]
  Tags: funny
• Original Vee-String Vagina Prosthesis
  It’s a bush! It’s a twat! It’s…SUPER-PUSSY! A latex prosthetic vulva designed for men to wear to give them the appearance of having the "real thing." NSFW! [via shankara]
  Tags: queer sex stuff.to.buy

• Reusable Bags
  Shopping bags, lunch bags, bottles, and more. But I think the hard part is convincing the cashier that you’re not insane when you hand over your own bag. [via knile]
  Tags: stuff.to.buy environment

The first time I went to Alaska, my excursion options were pretty limited. I was planning to do a kayaking trip in Juneau but that was cancelled so I did nothing, I had to interpret in Skagway, and in Ketchikan I got to do some kayaking but missed everything else.

We are going to Alaska with my mom in May, and excursions must be ordered two weeks before, so I am looking over the list. Unfortunately the one tour I want to do more than any other, the White Pass Railway & Glacier Lake Kayak trip in Skagway, isn’t being offered on our particular sailing. (I can’t imagine why, we are in that port from 7am to 8pm, it’s not a timing issue.)

I am pretty sure I want to see the Mendenhall Glacier while we’re in Juneau. I missed glaciers altogether last time, except for the stop at Hubbard Glacier where we had to stay on the ship. I think the most appealing tour in Juneau is probably the Deluxe Mendenhall Glacier & City Tour which includes the Alaska State Museum and everything.

In Skagway, the White Pass Railway is a must-do, that’s the tour I interpreted last time and it was just beautiful. Yes, I’ve heard you can get the same experience on a bus tour or self-driving, but I like trains, so there. I also think I want to do the Red Light Delight or Ghosts and Good Time Girls tours there…I don’t know which.

As for Ketchikan, I have no idea!

I don’t know why, but I like to watch the show “Intervention” on A&E. On this show, addicts are told they are being filmed for a documentary about addiction, while their families are filmed telling how their loved one’s addiction has affected their lives. At the end of the hour, the addict is brought into an intervention with a professional intervention specialist and their entire family, and they are always asked if they are ready to go to a rehab center right now. Most of them say yes, but I have seen a couple of episodes where they refused.

What I wonder about the show is who pays the fees. The intensive therapy required for inpatient service at drug treatment centers (the show features other addictions too, but usually it’s pills, alcohol, drugs, etc) is very expensive, no matter where you go, but the places featured on Intervention are frequently rather posh. While they undoubtedly do great work, and there are plenty of rich people who need help too, I still wonder about all the lower-class people who are addicted to drugs and simply can’t afford to get help or attention from a national television show.

I’ve been waiting for this to happen and I had to record it. You see, when you win on Winzy, you get your name in a little box. But they give out Winzy points prizes so often that by the time you do the next search, someone else has won and their name comes up. I guess I finally hit it at the right time, because:

If you’re interested in signing up for Winzy, you can click the box below. Yes, I really have won an Amazon gift certificate already! I’ve won several points prizes since then and the box isn’t showing those…I’m not sure why. Anyway, here’s the button:

• Emily Rose Doll Clothes
  Inexpensive clothing and accessories for 18-inch dolls such as American Girl. [via sunnydale47]
  Tags: stuff.to.buy
• FindApps
  Hosted web applications so you can do software functions directly on the web. Collaboration, organizers, productivity, etc.
  Tags: tools
• Boomshine
  Addictive little flash game with 12 levels. [via aleja]
  Tags: fun.stuff

• Radiance Bound
  Collars, cuffs, jewelry, and accessories for BDSM people, goths, vampire fans, etc.
  Tags: kinky stuff.to.buy fashion
• Personally I prefer maggots to toilets…
  It’s me, on ModBlog! NSFW because it’s one of the pictures from the OOB shoot. But still, it’s fun to read the comments about myself. I’m tickled to be included…Shannon’s personal politics aside, this is a highly read modification-related blog. Thanks Shannon!
  Tags: body.art
• SoWeSay
  A reputation-based social network. Rate people you know and find out what people think of you.
  Tags: reputation
• Koonji
  Community-powered how-to guide that organizes the resources on the web based on activities so that it is easy to find and save information. (But really it’s just another how-to site.) [via momb]
  Tags: random
• Agester
  Another guess-the-age mechanism. Works like hot-or-not sites, where you click the age you want, and then you are shown another face plus the actual age of the person you’ve just guessed. [via momb]
  Tags: fun.stuff
• Picnik
  The easiest way on the Web to fix underexposed photos, remove red-eye, or apply effects to your photos. Pick up photos directly from the web, no uploading needed. [via missakins]
  Tags: graphics photography

• Financial Domination & Slavery
  This was recommended by someone who used to be involved in financial slavery, it’s apparently a pretty good resource on how these things work.
  Tags: kinky
• Persian Gay & Lesbian Organization
  The only non-governmental association for Iranian people who consider themselves gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.
  Tags: queer
• Six Degrees
  Kevin Bacon’s game turns into a promotional vehicle for celebrities with a particular charity they’d like fans to donate to.
  Tags: charity