Don — I spent a couple of years trying to get universiy students to want to help save the world. Gave that up as a lost cause and then spent 30 years as a journalist trying to get the public to notice what was happening to them and the people around them. Finally gave that up as a lost cause too. I figure that's about all the "holding up the sky" I'm willing to do. From now on I'm going to spend as much time as I can having fun, enjoying my friends and family, playing music and not really caring much what the rest of society does as long as it doesn't bother me and mine.

Cynical? You bet your ass. I've seen -- up close -- just about every rotten thing one human can do to another. I don't like it, but I've accepted the fact that I can't do much about it, so I'm not willing to waste my time and energy any more. I view it as a survival technique.....

cheers,

david