Did thinking about that change your mood ?

Yeah, emailing your congress reps and other big shots could be a helpful use of the laptop. Takes up your time that might tempt you to other things. Plus turns that golden calf of a laptop into a vessel for something higher.

A coupla other quick thoughts, if I could.
1) OK, I'll knock it off about your brother perhaps catching on. Doesn't sound like it's relevant in your life. Right now.
2) You really don't want to use the rest of the day taking full advantage of a day "off." It just makes the hangover the next morning all the worse. ("I'm already drunk; let's do more shots.") But you know that in your head. [So have a little face-to-face chat between what the Gemora calls your upper face and your lower face. One of them knows what it's talking about .]

Is the gym open to go shoot some hoops?

no it is not, but i am talking to Shlomo righ now and it is helping so...a quick shout out to Shlomo, "thank you Shlomo!"
and to you Briut, thanks Briut!

YAY! Don't succumb! Don't succumb!

Thanks Briut, Shlomo is keeping me busy and so is DovInIsrael now.

Chazak Amenu wrote on 01 Jun 2010 21:18:

I'm hoping that the keyboard use is still keeping your hands busy from anything else....

You know I don't like using the word addict when it comes to you, CA, but I will say that "quitting" any bad habit is difficult. Cigarettes, overeating, whatever. This just happens to be a habit that's physically attached to you. I can imagine, though, that if a smoker had cigarettes growing out of his navel, he'd find quitting even tougher. You'll be okay.

I am moving to the WALL OF HONOR now

I am in the wall of honor and just like Shlomo did i will tell what thread i moved from, Just beginning young is where i came from. thanks guys.

I am sweating so bad right now...my dad is installing the filter and before i gave him the laptop i wanted to make sure nothing incriminating could be seen...well i looked and you can click on something and shows your history of websites you go on and guess what very incriminating stuff is there!
i am so scared! writing now is the only thing keeping me from throwing up! oh my gosh! Plaease Hashem Help me!

1. Don't sweat it. Hashem is running the universe. Probably, nothing will happen. Even if something happens, I can't even COUNT the number of times that my worst fear became the biggest possible bracha.

Take deep breaths.

2. Shouldn't this be the TREE of honor, oh squirrely one?

thanks for replying Briut! aaaaaahhhhhhh!  :o

And by the way i was brain storming things to call my thread and now you come up with that, dang should have asked you! i am going to see what is going on now!

No screaming my name yet or calling me nothing not a peep! it is taking way too long! wow my stomach is in a not! wow wow wow wow wow! i am absolutely hysterical! what is going to happen!? wow i hope everything goes smoothly and i will look back at these past few posts and llllllllaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuggggghhhhhh!

I can LLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH! WHEW! nothing happened! i have a filter and am good to go! Thank you Hashem! wow! that killed me emotionally! good night everyone!

Hashem is running the universe. Whether you like it or not. Whether you like the results or not. Whether you think it's good or not.

Glad you happened to like this result, CA. But I'll add in that "liking it is not the point." Loving Hashem, and His ways, and His torah/laws -- THAT's the point."

In other words, would your day have gone as well if your dad HAD found your browsing history; could you have seen it as bashert & bracha etc?

But you know that. So, get to sleep already. [tasteless comment about nuts under the covers edited out before posting, in deference to community standards]