Well, there's one thing to be said for money. It can make you rich.

It's entirely possible to function as a free-thinking individual without succumbing to narcissism. This can be tricky at times, I suppose, but then so can the tango - particularly if you're dancing alone.

To some extent, Seattle remains a frontier metropolis, a place where people can experiment with their lives, and change and grow and make things happen.

Life is too small a container for certain individuals. Some of them, such as Alobar, huff and puff and try to expand the container. Others, such as Kudra, seek to pry the lid off and hop out.

If little else, the brain is an educational toy.

As expected, you get his machine. Someday, even the "call of nature" will be answered by a machine.

Hard times and funky living can season the soul, true enough, but joy is the yeast that makes it rise.