Hogan Torah, that was real. I'm sure you felt like shit at times but I appreciate when the whole façade of work and prosperity and normalcy falls apart and a man has the guts to say, 'I'm going for it,' and does whatever crazy thing he feels like because there wasn't anyone there to bail you out -- so you don't we polite society anything. Hookers and meth and two-buck chuck? Sounds like a fitting response to this world. And your prose is great, some of the best on medium and I see others noticed as well.