I'm Twenty-nine, Yes Really, I'm From Aspen,

People Spend Thousands Of Dollars On Stereos. Sometimes Tens Of Thousands. There Is A Specialist Industry Right Here In The States Which Builds Stereo Gear To A Standard You Wouldn't Believe. Tubed Amplifiers Which Cost More Than A House. Speakers Taller Than Me. Cables Thicker Than A Garden Hose. Some Army Guys Had That Stuff. I'd Heard It On Bases Around The World. Wonderful. But They Were Wasting Their Money. Because The Best Stereo In The World Is Free. Inside Your Head. It Sounds As Good As You Want It To. As Loud As You Want It To Be.

Evaluate. Long Experience Had Taught Me To Evaluate And Assess. When The Unexpected Gets Dumped On You, Don’t Waste Time. Don’t Figure Out How Or Why It Happened. Don’t Recriminate. Don’t Figure Out Whose Fault It Is. Don’t Work Out How To Avoid The Same Mistake Next Time. All Of That You Do Later. If You Survive.

Practically Any Western Has A Homesteader In Trouble, And A Mysterious Rider Shows Up Off The Range, Solves The Problem Over Two Or Three Days, And Then Rides Off Into The Sunset.

A Handgun At Two Hundred Feet Is The Same Thing As Crossing Your Fingers And Making A Wish.

Imagine The Uproar If The Federal Government Tried To Make Everyone Wear A Radio Transmitter Around Their Neck So We Can Keep Track Of Their Movements. But People Happily Carry Their Cell Phones In Their Purses And Pockets.