i let my mind wander and it didn't come back. i figured you'd lost your mind years ago. i've decided to stop caring about things. if you care, you just get disappointed all the time. if you don't care, nothing matters so you're never upset. how are you doing on your new year's resolutions. see in order to improve oneself, one must have some idea of what's "good". that implies certain values. but as we all know, values are relative. every system of belief is equaly valid and we need to tolerate diversity. virtue isn't "better" than vice. it's just different. i don't know if i can tolerate that much tolerance. i refuse to be victimized by notions of virtuous behavior. nothing is permanent. everything changes. that's the one thing we know for sure in this world. but i'm still going to gripe about it. well at least we weren't home when our house was broken into. no one was hurt. we're all together and ok. we lost a few of our nice things, but things don't matter much really. it's hard to believe how often we forget that.