Edward O'Connell

7-31-2020: Well, it's pan-damn-demic time but me-'n-mine are flourishing ... unlike the religionist-types who group together without masks thinkin' some kind of imaginary bein' will save their butts. I'll trust science, social distancing, and masks over some weird imaginary "god", or "gods", whose differences no one can agree upon anywaze. // It's also over 40 years since I had a drink, though I'm a very thankful us'n on the left have made Cannabis *legal* now that the dopey conservative-right has been overthrown. Uh, actually I've always been a user, just never got caught once I stopped drinkin'. // Bye-the-bye, I'd like reparations for the time I spent in jail for using the herb while others frowned upon it ... at the same time downing boatloads of rotgut, brain-killin', liver-destroyin' alcohol. <-- Just sayin'.

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I've mostly been an alcoholic and a drug addict. Spent time in prisons, rehabs (before they became fashionable), detox centers, and nut houses. Robbed liquor stores for awhile before being fired by my gang for parallel parking while stoned during one of our robberies. (Hard to escape fast when you're parallel parked in case you ain't figured that one out.)

Lived on the streets for about 10 years during the 70's (see You-Tube interviews), but from what I've heard I didn't miss much. Got sober around '78 and decided to make a lot of money and live a life of leisure which I've done and am doing.

Turned into a full-blooded Atheist (or Secular Humanist to be more p.c.) when I found out that our church leaders were lyin' about sex not bein' some kind of "sin" and not any fun. Fact is they lied about almost everything.

When I came back off the streets I ... well, the rest is just so much b.s., except for Rebecca. She puts the light in my corneas, keeps me mostly civil, and teaches me all about love.

Hope you all had as much fun during your *Earthwalk*; enjoyed the craziness of it all; and generally lived as empty, selfish, narcissistic, unrepentant, and meaningless an existence as I have. Damn, but it's been excitin' so far!

Got caught smoking in the confessionals in the chapel. No punishment because Hurly made a deal with me -- if I kept my mouth shut he'd "overlook" this one *small* infraction since I was a basketball superstar making money for the school. Later came to find out his whole purpose for bein' at Marin Catholic was to get it out of the red. No wonder the 'ol catholic church is havin' so much trouble ... it's become its own antichrist.