Thanks, Seed, and I still stand by what I said about the rap business. But what I didn't say before is that since we had that discussion I resigned my job teaching in the juvenile prison, the major reason being that it was taking such a toll on my physical and mental health that I knew I had to get out, even though a big part of me wanted to stay and oppose the system on behalf of my students, there is no doubt in my mind (or in those of several doctors I saw) that the job was going to kill me. So now I'm teaching in a public high school and I feel better, but far from healed. All of this is to say, if you choose to fight the system on its own terms, you may make some progress, but you may very well lose your life, or at least your health, and you have to think about how much that is worth to you and those that care about you. What attracts me the most lately is subsistence Thoreau-style living somewhere without an address. I hope to have a better outlook after awhile.

Chet