

I’ll second Dispatch. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would and legitimately looking forward to the next chapters.


I’ll second Dispatch. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would and legitimately looking forward to the next chapters.


Yeah, there’s no real data for “show signs of manic or psychotic crisis,” as far as I can tell. I just went for the low-hanging fruit, since mania is often part of bipolar (manic-depressive). But if just bipolar is sitting at 2.8% of Americans in a given year, I think it’s reasonable to say the loosely defined global stats in the article aren’t notably high.


An estimated 2.8% of U.S. adults had bipolar disorder in the past year. -NIH


The fact that workers with expense accounts still feel they’re getting paid so little that they deserve to commit fraud says something about that stratum of employee.
Pretty much anyone who travels has to submit receipts. Most people who travel are not making bank. They’re the people who set up and stand at convention booths, sales staff support, assistants, videographers, etc. Also, most travel is a miserable ordeal. I’m not saying it’s okay to commit fraud, but let’s not equate the hourly employee “re-creating” his lost lunch receipt with a 6-figure income.
I went from that to asking what level of depth they want to just giving the most concise answer I can and adding, “But there’s a lot of interesting nuance I’m leaving out.” Then if they ask for more, I give my dissertation.
Notably, the drummer from KISS, the actor who played Shaft, and Beyonce’s father.