"The Rock Man said, “Say, babe, there ain’t nothing pointless about this gig. The thing is you see what you want to see and you hear what you want to hear. You dig? " ... —Nilsson, The Point (1971)

Lurker since 1998. Freeper since 2003!

California born- my parents - one from Connecticut and one from the "Show me" state. I am very happily married through thick and thin for over 30 years. Love my daughter - she is amazing!

"When my country, into which I had just set my foot, was set on fire about my ears, it was time to stir. It was time for every man to stir."

Thomas Paine, Common Sense US patriot & political philosopher (1737 - 1809)

"Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes."

Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla), James Reston, Galileo, A Life, HarperCollins, NY, 1994, p 461

About me: True all American Heinz 57... if I were to become a hyphenated American - it wouldn't fit on the CENSUS form... LOL!!!! Polish, French-Canadian, Native American -Canadian tribe, English, Dutch, Cherokee.... and only God in his wisdom knows what else! So there you go... I am a proud AMERICAN!

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