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"Before facing the temptation of the song of the Sirens, Ulysses famously had his crew tie him to the mast of his boat. He commanded his crew members not to untie him until he had passed the certain death that would have awaited him if he had been allowed to give in to temptation. It turns out this ancient morality tale has a modern equivalent in the form of microfinance self help groups."
That ancient morality tale also has a different protagonist.
Only if you're speaking Greek.
… or if you don't like Cream, which, honestly, eh.
I didn't get what any of that meant, but wanted you to know I passed on Scylla and Charybdis and bought the new Tegan & Sara instead.
Based on this logic, Odysseus would have also done awesome one Weight Watchers.
According to my figures this means Ajax the Lesser would make a great Ken Lay.
I am really sad you did not use this picture to illustrate this post: http://allanamato.com/ (Warning: nipples.)
Also, I would comment on the microfinance aspect of all this, but the international development part of my brain is still tied up in that fucking Afghanistan post from yesterday.
I think you meant "Attention", not "Warning".
I'm going with earliest recorded instance of autoerotic asphyxiation.