UPDATE: Goddamn People

Not surprisingly,  the pretty good points I raised to Assholes 1 and 2 last week didn't penetrate their highly reflective skulls. After my post, they commented back and forth to each other about how desperately I needed the blessings of common sense. Asshole #2 even put in a quote, which she seemed very proud of, "The problem with common sense is that it is not so common." She attributed the quote to Mark Twain, of course, because that's what people who don't care to think for themselves do. In fact it was Voltaire, who said nearly that, "Common sense is quite rare."  Indeed, Voltaire. Indeed. I have survived their lashings to fight another day!