CarrollBlog 1.5

It is a given that almost every time I see X, we will talk about her nutty family.

Most people have several abiding themes in their lives that preoccupy them, whether they are aware of this or not. As a result, they incessantly return to them in different guises and conversations. Someone I know is always agitated about the difficulty of everyday life. Nothing seems to fit right for them; nothing really functions the way it should. Another friend obsesses about the ongoing challenge of...