Weltschmerz.  You were set up by the world, to be disappointed by the world.  Did it work?

’nuff said…

  Watch here one of the many repercussions of trying to help.   Don’t Help from Zipline Sound on Vimeo.

  Ever try to help someone who really needed it, but didn’t want it?  Ever spend a great deal of effort, time, expense, patience, and thoughtfulness, for nothing, or worse?  Ever had someone constantly kibitzing, especially the people who should be the last to try to help?  How’s being helpful to people been workin’ out […]

  …asking the clerk some questions about the facilities and the amenities, policies, etc. Only a few moments after the clerk began his reply, a woman sitting at a table, who appeared to be a hotel guest, along with her biker friends, who overheard me talking to the clerk, jumps into the conversation and says […]

  Never try to teach a pig to sing.  It’s a waste of time, and it annoys the pig.