Ron L Hubbard's Monster

I remember reading, years ago, before Scientology well known outside of SciFi circles, that Ron Hubbard had made a bet with another SciFi author at a writer's convention, that he could start his own religion. I guess he won the bet - - And what a monster he created.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,972865,00.html

How did my life get so totally screwed up?? I'm 63 years old, Living 2400 miles away from any of my family or anyone I really care about, basically bankrupt, can't afford health or dental care, and
married. Never before in my life have I been in such a state of depression that I barely function. I do what has to be done & waste most of my time. There is so much that should and needs to be done, but I just can't make myself do it.

Racked most of my home-made wine night before last and learned a lesson - - - DON'T use 'fresh' tap water to top-off after racking. The Fluoride etc can kill the fermentation. I managed to save mine by leaving the air-locks off overnight to allow the bad stuff to dissipate while I was allowing new yeast to get started in warm, sugar water. After adding the new yeast to the wine, hey all started up again. I was sure worried for awhile that I had ruined about 10 gal of wine. Won't do that again.

Summer is done - - We've had below freezing temps the last two nights. Only a little over a month til the new year and we can start all over again.