From: theirony2013@gmail.com   
      
   On 2025-12-15 19:57, JTEM wrote:   
   > On 12/15/25 10:10 PM, Mike wrote:   
   >   
   >> I just watched the movie 'House At The End Of The Street'   
   >> two days ago. The movie was about a guy who murdered his   
   >> abusive parents by stabbing them to death. I'm not a movie   
   >> watcher. I might watch maybe two movies a year.   
   >>   
   >> What is the likelihood a similar theme would make headline   
   >> news, so soon after watching the movie?   
   >   
   > Did you manifest the crime or did you foresee it?   
      
   Neither. It was just an interesting coincidence.   
      
      
   >   
   >> In regards to your question though. Yes, I would say 'No'   
   >> I don’t confuse discomfort with error. I accept myself as   
   >> a fact, not a goal. I have no emotional investment in   
   >> being otherwise. Wishing to be different feels decorative,   
   >> not necessary. I like fantasies, but I don’t grant them   
   >> authority or that much value.   
   >   
   > I don't see any excuses for saying "No."   
   >   
   > Maybe if I was 78 or older, and not wanting to be stabbed to   
   > death, I would choose not being stabbed to death. But not   
   > only does 78 seem so far away to me but it's an unknown.   
   >   
   > Will I make it that far?   
   >   
   > I almost died... I don't know how many times!   
   >   
   > The very day my nephew killed himself -- and I would not be   
   > aware of his death for another day -- I was almost collided   
   > with two different cars on the Mass Pike! And I don't know   
   > how I didn't! And of course I was in the ICU with something   
   > less than a 100% chance of success...   
   >   
   > Many other "How did I miss that?" survival moments.   
   >   
   > All of us could be hit by a meteorite tomorrow, or mistaken   
   > for Trump and gunned down, or a wild animal attack... hit   
   > by the proverbial bus...   
   >   
   > So on the one hand we have no idea if we're even going to   
   > survive to 78 in this life, while on the other we would   
   > definitely make it that far BUT ONLY AFTER a life of   
   > privilege and success... how on earth could anyone say "No?"   
   >   
   > It's okay to want more. It really is.   
      
   Even if I wanted 'more' it wouldn't be to be famous.   
   I have enough trouble just managing you and Steven.   
   The thought of the lifestyle of the famous really   
   does not interest me. There are other things I would   
   wish more.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)