The only merciful thing about drug abuse is the speed with which it devastates you. Alcoholics can take decades to destroy themselves and everyone they touch. The drug addict can accomplish this in a year or two. Of course, suicide is even more efficient.

Political elections are not life and death.

Divorce: fission after fusion.

Dad could charm a dog off a meat wagon.

If you can't raise consciousness, at least raise hell.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

No animal on the face of the earth could conceive of taxation. You and I work roughly six months a year to pay our local, state and federal taxes. If nothing else, this should convince you that animals are smarter than people.