Vikar’s Rant

While the fishing stuff was a good idea, my wife, the animal rights activist, did not feel comfortable contributing money to a manufacturer of fish death. My immediate, and to some extent correct, reaction was, “Fine, put it down and let’s get out of here.” No, no, that would have been waaaay too easy. She wanted me to pay for it. There’s one thing about going along with nonsense, it’s another thing having to finance it. [...]

I wasn’t worried about the two cats or the three kittens. I certainly wasn’t worried about our Pomeranian or the Border Collie. Plus, as my body is comparable to the wild man of Borneo with layers of blubber that would be the envy of most Eskimos, I thought I could rough it. My wife could wear a sweater and put on an extra [...]

Whenever I begin a new program I believe that safety is a priority. And while I’ve been suffering from SEVERE depression and considering that the perfect plausible suicide attempt would be to die from a heart attack from over exertion - a method that would help me shuffle from this mortal coil and allow my wife to collect my life insurance benefit without question - some small voice insists that living is a good thing and that I should continue doing [...]