Read this thread, Makirio—it already has.

Well, thanks, but I assure you that wasn't my intention. Without wanting to date myself, I am old enough that for me a twit is a silly or foolish person, which, the more I think about it, perhaps "twitter" is an appropriately named forum, after all.

Drop me an email address, Mama. I will gladly keep you posted. (Reach me at MichaelRaysses@hotmail.com).

Taken in the spirit in which it is offered, kind sir.

Nope, Geoffrey's.

Oddly enough, rocky, if you see me here it more than likely means I am not writing as I should be. I come here when I am avoiding what I am working on/writing. It falls under the wicked heading "Guilty Pleasure/Avoidance Behavior".

Thank you for reading, and for commenting so generously.

Thank you for taking the time to read, much less comment so generously.

Well, thank you for the kind words, Mama.

I have a theory about people who become wildly successful/famous on the level that Steve has achieved: their relationship with their past, pre-fame and success, is an either or proposition. Either they embrace it. Or they shed it like a snake sheds its skin, leaving it in the middle of the road, to dry up and blow…

This just in from the Department of Bad News, Good News:

Actually, life needn't be short, though it may be.

My friend, thank you for the most unexpected pleasure of the day.

Ms. Gore and the late Dusty Springfield were two of the most soulful singers of their time. So very able to convey a life's worth of emotion in three minutes.

As an ex-pat Midwesterner, I found your insights about that part of the world refreshing, revolting, and reinvigorating. Which is to say, extremely accurate and insightful. The silent, seething disdain you touched on, at least, in your case, barely conceals a vision so sharp I could shave with it.

Why are you so intent on showing people how much you don't know?

Self-knowledge is the first step to self-love, my son…

As chilling a skill set as I can ever imagine…

Given your preference, the good money says you have a lifetime supply.

Great question.