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People Who Wear Glasses, Without Them They Always Look Unfocused, Vulnerable. Out In The Open. A Layer Removed.

I Was In The Machine. My Whole Life. Then The Machine Coughed And Spat Me Out. So I Thought, Ok, If I'm Out, I'm Out. All The Way Out. I Was A Little Angry And It Was Probably An Immature Reaction. But I Got Used To It.

Evaluate. Long Experience Had Taught Me To Evaluate And Assess. When The Unexpected Gets Dumped On You, Don’t Waste Time. Don’t Figure Out How Or Why It Happened. Don’t Recriminate. Don’t Figure Out Whose Fault It Is. Don’t Work Out How To Avoid The Same Mistake Next Time. All Of That You Do Later. If You Survive.

I Do A Little Fact Checking Now And Then. Other Than That Its Impact Is Simply That Email Has Revolutionized Communication For Me, And My Website Has Built Up A Community Of Readers, Which Is A Lot Of Fun.

I Just Felt From Personal Observation That There Is Nothing More Dislocated Or Alienated Than A Lifelong Military Person Trying To Cope In Civilian Life. It's Like Two Completely Separate Planets.