Means or ends?

Is it the means or is it the ends that count?

Dammit!  I can wax pretty poetical until it comes time to actually put it all down in writing.  Once that happens--I pretty much dry right up.

But all my thoughtfulness had to do with the ends justifying the means.  Do they?  Can they?  Is it all just a bunch of rationalization?

If I end up getting to where I want to go, does it matter how I got there?

If my kids all grow up to be good and decent people, does it matter that I fudged a bit here and there in my efforts to push and encourage them along?

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The boys cap, gown, and graduation announcements cost me $77.  I think I got off pretty good.

Oh, and he called from work at 10 saying he might need stitches in his finger.

Turkey Loaf and pseudonyms...

Thanksgiving is approaching and I'm hungry from some turkey loaf!  A friend of mine says it's the gravy.  Whatever it is, I need me some.  And some instant potatoes. Along with a can of corn.  The ultimate trailer park thanksgiving meal.  Mmmm.

And there's some uproar in the area that was caused by a mayor using a pseudonym to publish stories in some of the local media--newspaper and online stuff.  If Ben Franklin was OK using one, why not a local mayor?  I mean aside from the fact that one of the sites he was publishing through apparently prohibited it...  I've thought of writing under a pseudonym.  And dishing out a lot of dirt.  What should my moniker be?