OMG!  You just made my day, EJ.

I think a little bit of feeling like a fraud is really a healthy dose of humility. And I'm impressed by your self-confidence, Ken, to admit it.

I read your post this morning and thoroughly enjoyed it.  For an idiot you write very well!!  So, I'll be the first to contradict your claim. :-)

The smartest, most articulate, and insightful ditch digger I've ever met.

DocJay, thank you for sharing your son's story. I have a child who has been changed completely by Focalin. He has strong ADD. No HD. I tried everything the professionals recommended and nothing helped him. I have a Masters in Public Health, so I spent time researching all my options, but it was clear my son needed stronger intervention. It was night and day. No weekends and no summer, either. Just school days. He gets straight A's, now.

I agree.  That's what happens when your side is full of smart people.  They have corruption, mobs, and screaming.  We have intelligence and logic-based conviction.

Reverse the order of my comments and read this one first...

Beautiful story, Dave!!  As always.

There are still remnants of that honor system sprinkled throughout our country.  There's a local hog farmer near me who keeps fresh meat and eggs in a cooler at the edge of his farm.  You take what you want and then leave your money in his jar.  The 100+ year old country store down the road has a sort of similar system.  I walk in, grab eggs, milk, and the other things they keep stocked for me, and then I yell out what I grabbed to Caroline as I walk out the door.  I get a bill at the end of the month.  It's not itemized, just a piece of paper with an amount.  We all trust each other out here in Nowhere, God's Country.

Unlike the Occupiers, the Tea Party continues to work hard and diligently push forward even when the spotlight isn't on them.  They were never dead.  And look at the quality coming up in the ranks of the Republican party, now.  We're making a difference.

Thank you, Lance.  These classics were playing in my house so frequently while growing up I have half of the songs memorized.  I feel old when I say this, but they just don't make these classic movies/music, anymore.  Boo hoo.

BTW, Bing starts singing around 3:30.  I forgot how beautiful Grace Kelly was.

DocJay, they would just find kid chaos and run! :-)

No.  We're a bad combination. :-)

That's right!  I even tagged you and Pseudo on the cigar and the Scotch. That was fun.

Ummmm...yes?  But, the Scotch is all Pseudo's fault.  He had to find smelling salts when I told him I like whiskey.  And, Pseudo, you know I only chew when I shoot.  Kidding!  I don't chew.  But, I can put two holes on top of each other at 400 yards with a .50BMG. :-)

tabula rasa, you can only have jealousy over something you can't have. :-) Dave would love to meet as many Ricochet members as possible. So, throw out your highway exit and Dave will pull up at the nearest truck stop.

Speaking of friendships, I got the fun privilege of listening to Dave answer a phone call from Bob Lee.  Holy Juvenile Humor!  Those two are funny.