This is an audacious book. To think that my thoughts about life would be important to anyone else is presumptuous. I wrote it because I had to-regardless of whether anyone else ever read it-and because I seem to see the world very differently than almost everyone I've ever with about serious things. I'm publishing it on the off chance that someone else might enjoy reading it If you are open to having not just your beliefs challenged, but the very language you use to frame the issues you have opinions about, then you might enjoy this. Otherwise, don't bother. The issues discussed here: politics (I'm neither right nor left), religion (it's a sin), parenthood (it's simpler, if not easier, than you think), language, symbols, institutions, ethics, and a few other odds and ends.