The shocking truth, of course, is that nothing one does in the sea org or on staff, for that matter, can be put into a CV. Although one comes out very capable, their type of qualifications don’t mean anything to the outside world.

So naive. Yet, weren’t we all.

Thanks for the good wishes, OverTheBridge.

Oh, Peter! You’re a lifesaver! And you’re right, I’m sure they will welcome me back with open arms! I mean, I am very upstat!

But, I Yawn, how do I quantify all the stats I racked up AND send them in late? I’ll be RPF’d!

Laughter! “It’s all fun and clever.” I like it!

Happy birthday (belated)!

Yep – the sad irony makes the sad eye runny.

The Basics stories are always so crazy. DM had to know how unreal his basics quotas were based on the number of event attendees and org BIS internationally. He pushed completley unreal targets under such duress, pressure, force, threat and punishment, all for the purposes of satisfying his own ego, since the basics were his baby. Controlling people to the point of exhaustion, losing consciousness, losing sanity, having seizures, mental breakdowns and psychosis. Many great people were pushed to the point of resorting to criminal activity in order to evade further loss of liberty, freedom, humanity and rights. I don’t think the amount of physiological abuse and mental manipulation can be measured. But still it sounds like a tea party next to the hole. How long have you been out?