"The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God." - Victor Hugo, Les Miserables . For a man who has predicted 15 of the last two financial explosions. A man who worries about pole shifts and other zombie apocalypses (Like WWIII, say, for example.) A man who would like to lure friends and family into gardening so they might be more resilient should we take a giant leap backwards. You would think that I woulda seen this coming! My 69th year on earth has been filled with missteps, stupidity and pain. I am not a multi-tasker. If I am focused on one thing I can keep up. Two things and I always break something. I'm the student, nothing brilliant just good 'gentleman Cs' or as the report cards always had me "Does not work up to potential'! A raspberry to you all my old teachers - Happy counts too! Climb to the top of the ladder and those falls hurt. It was not a ladder that got me th...