What the…Thief.! Both of us, as scarce as hen’s teeth on this site ( and other places too, I wager), yet I summon your words today and I find this piece of thief-a-rific, mind exploding, brilliance.
Where indeed is the love and how did humanity get to this( almost lowest of the low) level of take-no-prisoners?
I have been feeling much of what you describe for a major chunk of time now.
Optimism in my brain fights reality.

Oh, and then MSZ and I decide to rewatch The Hunger Games movies and I want to scream at idiots to listen to the song Barry McGuire made famous.

P.S. And how the hell are you these days, this latest golden creation of yours aside? I am doing better actually. Big whew. Especially given all the sh*# I’ve been shoveling ( great for biceps 🙄) I might even be back soon. Or at least more than once a month. You?
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