mg, what divided your present path from the one with Patrick Fantastic? Nothing but wishful thinking?

Bill, you could have showed up and found that 1,100 other people didn't show up.

Could haves, should haves and if onlys count in this retrospective flight of fancy but sometimes a meanlingless event like spending 2 minutes looking for your other matching sock may make all the difference. Maybe even between life and death.

The other life you could have had may have been a total disaster, but almost* everyone thinks of the possible alternative to be better than the path they have. The grass isnlt always greener
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Falling out of the canoe in a whirlpool changed my fingering hand forever. The cahllenge to keep playing music may have been what led to scholorships and student deferments that kept me out of Viet Nam.