[djmcmath]

Looking at Theresa, I see the pathetic remains of a person who's given her life for shallow things. She has sought after wealth and pleasure, in all the terms that this world will define, and has found it. She's married to an arguably successful politician, she has money coming out her ears, she's very likely a "party girl" still, which is impressive for her age. But somehow, she doesn't look happy -- rather, she looks sad, broken, ruined.

The really pathetic part is that all of us are the same way, we just haven't made it yet. We strive in the rat race, we labor long hard hours forsaking family and friends just so we can get a little more "fun," so we can be that much father "ahead," whatever that means. We wholeheartedly bite into the bait that says that having good parties is the epitome of having fun, and that owning a Porsche will fulfill some deep inner need. But we fail to look ahead of us to see where that path leads.

(sigh) What has been will be again; there is nothing new under the sun.

Dan