Random Thoughts

If you wanna feel bad for humanity, go hang out at Prague's main train station at one in the morning on a Monday in the middle of winter. The place is packed with the dregs of modern society: drunken homeless, crazy homeless, sleeping homeless, dancing homeless (aka priceless comic relief that made me wish I had a video camera in my mobile phone), toothless Roma whores, Roma drug dealers, degenerate gamblers perched in front of slot machines, a guy with a mole covering his entire face, and of course, proselytizing Christians. D-E-P-R-E-S-S-I-N-G.....I'm gonna get business cards made to hand out to every new person I meet - they're going to read: "If you ever hear me say anything that you find even mildly offensive, please assume that I'm just joking and/or being tastelessly sarcastic." I should've done this years ago.....That reminds me of this big banner - reading: "Welcome to Belfast! (We apologise in advance)" - that I once saw upon entering a certain herein unnamed European city.....I'm pretty sure that I coined the term "Refugee Chic." I've been using it since the late 90s, and can't recall ever hearing or seeing it used by someone else. And yes, I'm incredibly proud of this (and yes, I'm fully aware of how pathetic that is)......