Sounds like you have been talking to Jerome Kagan.   If not, check him out.
 
cp in bc
listening to "Ideas" on CBC radio 9 pm Feb 8
 
 but somehow I manage to end up feeling like I've screwed up, anyway. 
 
Which must mean I screw up on my own without my parents to blame for it, which is no goddam bargain, either.
 
Maybe it's no accident that we call ourselves Pinheads rather than geniuses.
 
Ralph
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