That's the way the system works. Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.

That's the way the system works. Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.

Pay minimum wage, you get minimum work. Nobody seems to get that.

Smile. It gives your face something to do.

There's really no such thing as an 'ex-cop' or a cop who's 'off-duty' or 'retired.' Once trained, once indoctrinated, a cop is always alert, assessing reality in terms of its potential for illegal acts.

Perhaps when we're forced to forfeit what we own, we lose any sentimental associations. Perhaps pawning our valuables frees us in the same way a house fire destroys not only our worldly goods, but our attachment to what's gone.

Beware the dark pool at the bottom of our hearts. In its icy, black depths dwell strange and twisted creatures it is best not to disturb.