Ah glad you can still rock n roll and do your POV thing while self abusing to a moderate degree Tony...... and that you can do so with no guilt at all...well that's just keeping with Aristotle's Mean ....to stay between extremes.
I am also totally pumped you have come out of the side of epicurian delights versus a stoic approach to life. In Rome Marty is kin of Lucretius by the way. Yeah epicurian delight is not incompatible with Aristotle's Mean at all.
You might ponder that while looking at that remaining amount on the end table

in the meantime I'm loving the image of trying to catch a frog that got away...

...and I really like yourt last rendition of walking a little bit slow you did ...the whole electric blue vibe and moves... and your voice take and feel of the song...thank you big time

posted my own version of curiosly witty irises....dont know if you saw it. bumped your version of it too when I posted mine
https://www.jpfolks.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1185689/curiously-witty-irisis.html#Post1185689

and Marty the phrase "judge not until you have walked a mile in my shoes" has been going through my mind.
to think an important reason you own an gun and defend ownership is to protect your own right to defend yourself against "all the crazies" out there
then to also find out Texas is home to some of the largest mass shootings over time is eye opening. ...and second most of all the states...with California in the lead
I fully see your point of view on this and let us agree any further dialogue between us will keep all that in mind

do understand that as the self labelled 800LB gorilla when I raise the issue and have an opinion, it is not entirely uninformed and not personally directed at "Marty is wrong" but at the 800 LB gorilla
My lens is as a Canadian whose geography, history, culture and experiences and viewpoints are not yours. We have values and opinions based on our shared history as Canadians.

You have actually been challenging JAPOV on the Bible and the existance of what I see as the One Shared God of Abraham....asking for proof of JAPOV's beliefs.... and those of Couch and Everett and others.

You are a self declared atheist if I understand this correctly. I mentioned Lucretius. Is his life occupying space in your head?

If writing ever becomes work I think I'm going to have to stop