1:34 am MST - There is malice, pure, like the platonic form of anger, that can drive a person wild. The easiest way to see it: reject someone from a party when he's three sheets to the wind. Being a gentleman, I stuff this fury under the surface so that it can emerge, years from now, when someone I love does something trivial. That's what makes America great... or abusive and angry. Anyway, it's a good strong strategy.

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