Hello, this is charles h galloway. You remember posting on my "Malignantly Uselss" blog, I'm sure. Anyway, I was surprised as how much we have in common. You certainly have much more higher education than I, but I agree with fulfilling the basic needs and basically just waiting. I also feel the same way about the corporate environment; I sometimes come close to having panic attacks at work. I really need to find a work-from-home job. As you know, I also write philosophical horror stories. I, also, was in the gifted program as a youth before getting into drugs, developing severe psychological problems and ending up in a dead end corporate job. Anyway, I was wondering how you found my blog so fast and if you thought I should post about it on TLO. Good to hear from you. Hope to hear more. There is hope (even for those like us.) CHG