Enough of either CO or taxes will effectively make you a non-entity, but this doesn't mean you should avoid them entirely. Because that almost impossible, as it turns out.
We live in a closed, entropic system. Everything in our atmosphere, biosphere and geosphere is tending toward utter chaos. And that's a 'built-in rule.' Actually, a law. (Pause for consideration.)
Have you caught your breath? (I know - you're thinking - "But the implications are staggering.")
Hello? Yeah, they are. Mind-bogglingly so.
Redundancy. The cornerstone of engineering, in my realm. If it wants to load up and fall, make it stay. Twice. And then add a steel strap, just for the seismic issues that inevitably occur in The Ring Of Fire.
20 years ago I had carbon monoxide poisoning. I was looking for my tax documents, and the heat from the stove - preheating, then cooking the crap outta - vaporized my teflon pan and some eggs and olive oil. I remember waking up several times but not the passing out thing, and I woke up in the living room, the bathroom, the shower, and then the hospital. Pools of saliva are involved, so I don't even know how long I was out. Don't remember much in between. Never did find the right documents, if I recall.
What the fuck am I talking about? Inevitability. That smothering sense of guilt/remorse/loss that makes you wish that you'd done things differently at the time...
I'm pretty sure I'd have bought a winning lottery ticket. And kissed a girl "Happy Birthday."
Begin a glacier. (?) Not anymore.
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