Random (if somewhat disassociated and disturbing) thoughts...

Now, I blame this on my daughter Melissa who, as you will read in tonight’s Blog entry, I sent an article from a drug dealer. The topic was using a baseball bat as an offense/defense weapon and contained stuff I didn’t know.

(Come to think of it, I blame a lot on my daughter Melissa, LOL!)

What scared me (but just a little) was how much other stuff he mentioned that I did know (for example, how to deal with an attack dog or running “towards” a guy with a gun, rather than “away”). Hey, I knew that!

The one thing he didn’t mention that I also know is that, in knife fighting, you have to steel yourself to be stabbed. This sounds silly, but many a person who would be confronted smugly with a gun is reduced to Jello by the sight of a knife. In a knife fight (at least the way I was taught) you end up taking a number of hits on your blocking left arm and have to ignore them. Most people can’t do that.

Which leads me to my random thought...

As I may have (or maybe not) mentioned I took every available Psyche course in college. As a result, I determined back in the day that I was a genius with marginally sociopathic tendencies. Now, the genius I can explain (I saw the results of an IQ test administered when I was 15 year old – 162 points). I should have joined MENSA.

The "marginally sociopathic" troubles me (to this day). It's like saying you're "marginally pregnant" or "marginally dead."

The “marginally sociopathic” diagnosis came after years of self analysis. Basically, it means that when I am well behaved, it is either an act of will or because it suits me. Morals have very little to do with it.

Seems sad somehow...