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The future is clear. At least, my future is clear. As of today, I know EXACTLY what my life will be like in 20 years. Other people had hinted this might be the case, but I hadn't accepted it. It takes an 8 year old to make you truly understand your life and the direction it is headed.

to wit:

8 year old: "Dad, how old were you and mom when you got married?"
Dad: "Oh, I was 24 and mom was 19."
8 year old: "24?! That's how old Jacqueline is!"......"Poor Jacqueline."

Quotes I Like

"The tragic joke of human history is that on any of the altars men erected, it was always man whom they immolated and the animal whom they enshrined. It was always the animal's attributes, not man's, that humanity worshipped: the idol of instinct and the idol of force - the mystics and the kings - the mystics, who longed for an irresponsible consciousness and ruled by means of the claim that their dark emotions were superior to reason, that knowledge came in blind, causeless fits, blindly to be followed, not doubted - and the kings, who ruled by means of claws and muscles, with conquest as their method and looting as their aim, with club or gun as sole sanction of their power. The defenders of man's soul were concerned with his feelings, and the defenders of man's body were concerned with his stomach - but both were united against his mind." - Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

"Religion today is not transforming people; rather it is being transformed by the people. It is not raising the moral level of society; it is descending to society's own level, and congratulating itself that it has scored a victory because society is smilingly accepting its surrender." -A. W. Tozer

Great Advice

"Clearly there's the lesson to be learned here," said zoo spokesman Sam Singer. "The lesson is that it's not a good idea to drink, it's not a good idea to be high on dope, and it's not a good idea to taunt a man-eating tiger."

- from: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080119/ap_on_re_us/tiger_attacks_29;_ylt=AnveJNDLt.LRkvebJv6CbBME1vAI


Ah, Common Sense. Welcome back, old friend. You have been missed.

What I should have said

"You know, that's it! Every time I come in here, you treat me as if A) I'm a complete idiot and B) you don't have time or inclination to review my chart and really figure out what's going on. I DID tell you about my ears the last time I was here, but you were in such a hurry to get me out of here, that you said it wasn't something to be worried about, and I was too much of a weenie to push the issue. But now I'm back. And you're still acting like I couldn't possibly know what's wrong with me and you have too much to do to actually stop and figure it out. And that tells me something. It tells me that you have too many patients and too much work. So you know what? I'm going to make your life easier. Goodbye, Dr. S. You won't be seeing me again."



Hindsight is 20/20. But you know, now I've got a speech written for next time.