You can get a skewed perspective on human behavior working at the gig that I do. A sampling of policemen (both good and bad), a few menopausal co-workers, folks with dementia, sexual predators, troubled kids, messed up families and the like could make a lot of people jump to the assumption that everyone on the planet is somehow off-balance, and not only by a little bit.
My mindset is to look at it like I’m a fireman… sure, I see a lot of houses on fire, but people don’t call when there *isn’t* a fire…. it’d be a fool who thinks all buildings are burning, everywhere.
I’m glad that there are co-workers and cops that are solid and on top of their game to reinforce this belief. (Not to mention swell folks outside the industry.)
I still would gladly see proved child molesters tossed onto a penal work-island for life. There’s no reprogramming them without falling into the “cruel and unusual” category of brainwashing/torture that I know of, so the next best thing is to isolate them, until a cure is found… in my opinion. I don’t think that a well-run penal colony is cruel or unusual for “unreformable” criminals. Make whatever counseling is deemed appropriate available, but also make them work for their keep.
Infectious Disease trading cards, from the CDC. collect ’em all! Who needs baseball players when you can play flip or put Ecoli or rabies in your bicycle spokes?
thanks for the link, gael!
My Current HoL stats:
Scottobear: Level 2 Skink Trainer (My class is Turtle Tamer)
Statistics:
Current Hit Points: 7
Maximum Hit Points: 8
Current Muscularity Points: 3
Maximum Muscularity Points: 3
Muscle:7 (11/15)
Mysticality:5 (2/11)
Moxie: 9 (15/19)
Drunkenness: 3 (a little drunk)
Adventures remaining: 0
Meat: 71
Turns Played: 127
Advancement:
You must gain 1 Muscle to advance to level 3.
Equipment:
Hat: Oriole-feather headdress (Power: 15) This is a headdress made from the feathers of the Toot Oriole.
Weapon: asparagus knife (Power: 15) – This is a knife you got from a can of asparagus. It’s sharp, and will make the pee of anything you stab with it smell funny. Enchantment: +1 Stench Damage
Pants: studded leather boxer shorts (Power: 20) This is a pair of studded leather boxer shorts. There are studs on the outside — is there one on the inside?
Accessory: continuum transfunctioner – This is, as the Crackpot Mystic told you, an artifact of great power and great mystery. Its power is exceeded only by its mystery, and strangely, its mystery is exceeded only by its power.
Skills:
Patience of the Tortoise (MP Cost: 1) – By reflecting on the nature of the Tortoise, you can gain temporary enlightenment. Your Strengthliness and maximum HP will increase for a period of time.
Accomplishments:
You have completed your training with the Toot Oriole.
Hello Kitty-bot! Is there a Choco?
