Married, father of three.
Eligible to join AARP.
Adoptee.
BA: microbiology, MS: biology, Ph.D.: stock market pain.

Rule #1: The world is full of pain; try not to add to it.
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There are two kinds of control in this world, self-control and others-control; self-control is far preferred.

If everyone goes and jumps in a lake, they will drag you in with them; wear a life-preserver.

Life is characterized by pervasive uncertainty; the two ways people deal with this are 1) laying in insurance of various sorts and 2) creating the illusion of reducing said uncertainty. The latter of these produces nothing but evil.