Well, the more I think about it these days, the more doom & gloom I read in the newspaper, not to mention the torture porn (AKA news) on TV... the less I care. Once you get past a certain point, enough is enough. I've decided I'm not going to lose any more sleep over whatever may be coming next. The same people predicting TEOTWAWKI these days were busy extolling the strengths of the free market just a year ago.

Life is full of variables and we're in for a ride, whichever way it goes. Just reminds me of a good old hardcore song by Iron Maiden... Dang, those Brits sure know what heavy metal is all about.


IRON MAIDEN: DIE WITH YOUR BOOTS ON

Yeah! Another Prophet of Disaster
Who says the ship is lost,
Another Prophet of Disaster
Leaving you to count the cost.
Taunting us with Visions,
Afflicting us with fear,
Predicting War for millions,
In the hope that one appears.

(Chorus)
No point asking when it is,
No point asking who's to go,
No point asking what's the game,
No point asking who's to blame.
'cos if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die,
'cos if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die,

If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.
If you're gonna try, just stick around,
Gonna cry, just move along,
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die.

In 13 the Beast is rising,
The Frenchman did surmise,
Through earthquakes and starvation,
The warlord will arise.
Terror, Death, Destruction,
Pour from the Eastern Sands,
But the truth of all predictions,
Is always in your hands.

(Repeat chorus)

They died with their boots on, yes they diiieeeed...
The day they die with their boots on, we dieeeeeeeeeee
WE DIE!
WE DIE!
WE DIE!
WE DIE!
WE DIE!