It's been several months now since I told you I'd be continuing the nicotine trials, and I finally resumed them a week ago.  On Monday of last week, I began using 14 mg nicotine patches (one per day).  As with the 21 mg patches I tried earlier this year, the first few days were great.  But on Friday, I started experiencing unusual muscle weakness in my legs and I felt more unsteady than usual.  So, I stopped with the 14 mg patches.  But I'm still not giving up.  Assuming everything returns to "normal" over the next couple days, I'll start using a 7 mg dose on Election Eve.

Speaking of elections, I'm thinking about filing a class action lawsuit against both of the major political parties.  This lawsuit will not seek any money.  Instead, I'm hoping to get a court order that would require political parties to provide candidates that are actually worth voting for.