@tbone1 , I kind of agree with you, although I try to be a little more optimistic and positive and less cynical about it. I am very fatalistic, though. One system of ideas that has really influenced … (View Post)

@Fardragon , That's almost identical to how I can be a private violin teacher at 52 and make so little, but work so few hours, that I am content, have my basic needs met, (at least for about the next… (View Post)

To die peacefully in my sleep. Sorry to be a downer, but I've already experienced everything I wanted to in life, and I'm tired of everything. I've seen enough history to see it repeating itself, and… (View Post)

@Tstael , I grew up an only child. My father and mother divorced when I was 3 years old. I have two half-sisters, my father's children, who grew up separately, but I'm completely estranged from my fa… (View Post)

Hello, and Merry Christmas to everyone. I have tonight followed my holiday tradition of watching at least one version of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", and I usually watch several versions. … (View Post)