My Sick Mind

“I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him... The land of tears is so mysterious.”  ―  Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ,  The Little Prince Yes, the land of tears is mysterious, whoever you are.  The land of tears is mysterious.  If you do not  believe that ancient idea, consider one more current ... “The only time you look in your neighbor's bowl is to make sure that they have enough. You don't look in your neighbor's bowl to see if you have as much as them.”  ―  Louis C.K. Take that,  millennials. That's the difference between sympathy and empathy.  Most of you probably don't know.  You can sympathize with someone with whom you have not shared similar experiences, but you can only empathize with someone with whom you have shared similar experiences with.  And, therein lies the problem - at least as it is with this. Most of you cannot empathize with me because you have either (a) been with someo...

If this wasn't an honest appraisal of my life, then it's worthless - and I don't want this to be worthless. Whether I'm recommending investments or letting you in on my otherwise private thoughts, there is a sense that this is an opening of my mind, such as it is, and hence, the title. I'll stand by my investment recommendations, DelTaco and Extreme Networks among them, and so let's move beyond that and delve into the inner workings of my (egad) mind. Love has eluded me over the years, and it continues to do so.  I find it oddly interesting that so many have found it so easily, while it betrays me at every turn.  It's at the point now where I see someone and think, "Oh well, that's never going to happen."  The sense of doom is paramount.  Lately, I thought that the soul mate that I so desperately seeked was in Alabama, of all places.  As it turned out, she was there physically, but not there in form or spirit.  I don't mi...