"You know, Dick Clarke. Dick Clarke, who was the head of the counterrorism program in the run-up to 9/11. He obviously missed it."
-- Dick Cheney, on Richard Clarke

"Bin Ladin Public Profile May Presage Attack" (5/3/01)

"Bin Ladin's Networks' Plans Advancing" (5/26/01)

"Bin Ladin Attacks May Be Imminent" (6/23/01)

"Bin Ladin and Associates Making Near-Term Threats" (6/25/01)

"Bin Ladin Planning High-Profile Attacks" (6/30/01)

"Planning for Bin Ladin Attacks Continues, Despite Delays" (7/02/01)
- Subject lines of Richard Clarke emails to Bush Administration prior to 9/11/01

WRATH
1. Who did you last get angry with? Myself, for being too awesome
2. What is your weapon of choice? Arrogance
3. Would you hit a member of the opposite sex? Oppisite sex? I'd hit anyone opposed to sex
4. How about of the same sex? Same sex? What am I, a homophobe?
5. Who was the last person who got really angry at you? God
6. What is your pet peeve? People, they really grind my gears
7. Do you keep grudges, or can you let them go easily? I don't keep them, I end them...


SLOTH
1. What is one thing you're supposed to do daily that you haven't? Pretty much everything!
2. What is the latest you've ever woken up? Stayed in bed, all day
3. Name a person you've been meaning to contact, but haven't? My son, Barnabus
4. What is the last lame excuse you made? I don't like you
5. Have you ever watched an infomercial all the way through? Oh yeah!
6. When was the last time you got in a good workout? Define workout? ....
7. How many times did you snooze your alarm clock today? None, I was up before it

GLUTTONY
1. What is your overpriced yuppie beverage of choice? Booze et al.
2. Meat eaters: white meat or dark meat? Meat is meat
3. What is the greatest amount of alcohol you've had in one night? I don't set goals, I'm still working on that record
4. Have you ever used a professional diet company? Yeah, called they Mal is legend diet, I do what I want and stay thin!
5. Do you have an issue with your weight? yeah, it's too freakin good!
6. Do you prefer sweets, salty foods, or spicy foods? Salty food
7. Have you ever looked at a small house pet and thought "lunch"? Yes, same goes for kids

LUST
1. How many people have you seen naked: Couldn't tell you, I've seen my share of streakers
2. How many people have seen YOU naked: Couldn't tell you, I've been my share of streakers
3. Have you ever caught yourself staring at someones chest/crotch? yeah, it was great
4. Have you "done it"? I hope so, or I must be on the wrong track entirely
5. What is your favorite body part on a person of your gender? The hands, eps. with cash in.
6. Have you ever been propositioned by a prostitute? Yes and I no money damn!
7. Have you ever had to get tested for an STD or pregnancy? Yeah, let's just say I'm not pregnant

GREED
1. How many credit cards do you own? 0
2. What's your guilty pleasure store? The Off-licence
3. If you had $10 million, what would you do with it? Drink, drugs, women, song, invite a tiger to tea, you know the usual!
4. Would you rather be rich, or famous? Rich, my god Rich, money
5. Would you accept a boring job if it meant you would make megabucks? Yes, yes I would and will
6. Have you ever stolen anything? -No comment-
7. How many MP3s are on your hard drive? 10 million! What?

PRIDE
1. What's one thing you have done that you're most proud of? Life
2. Whats one thing have you done that your parents are most proud of? Ask them.
3. What things would you like to accomplish in your life? Money, women, basically the 10 million dollar things
4. Do you get annoyed by coming in second place? Yes
5. Have you ever entered a contest knowing you would win? Couldn't tell you
6. Have you ever cheated on something to get a higher score? yup
7. What did you do today that you're proud of? Say myself in the mirror

ENVY
1. What item does your friend have that you want? money
2. Who would you want to go on "Trading Spaces" with? God, I'd like to see how the little people feel!
3. If you could be anyone else in the world, who would you be? Me, again
4. Have you ever been cheated on? Maybe
5. Have you ever wished you had a different physical feature? Yeah, but then that grew, so it's all good!
6. What trait in others do you wish you had for yourself? Work ethic
7. Do you wish you'd come up with this survey? Not really, unless they got paid for it or something.

There's a strange duality that comes with creating, it’s yours and personally you’re attached to it. It will always be subjective to you and you will always have a certain amount of emotion towards it. It’s like parents who imagine a child they will have together and all the things they will teach it and the things, miserable and otherwise, that it will go through. But then the child gets released into the world and from other people’s interactions and interpretations of the child it will develop differently than was the original ideal. However that embryonic memory will always be there and mean something to the parents and if you got that metaphor: the artist. However the second part of the duality is that you are writing for an audience, to create something is to put it out there and show people what you have done, seemingly a slightly narcissistic task. But apart from this inherent: ‘Look at me,’ part of the process, you are always pandering to an audience, trying to goad some reaction from them. So, it is strange to create, on whatever level, because once you see yourself as an artist, once a doddle becomes a drawing or a scrawl becomes a story or a poem, it means something: And neither you nor the people that come into contact with that art can escape the complexity of that situation.