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Reagan is sitting next me now...playing on my #2 laptop... So I set her up with some free game sites and then I hear, "daddy, I just won a free laptop!!!"

How do you break it to her, that "no, you didn't sweety." How do you describe the unclever marketing lies that us "adults" (I think we all know why I put that word in quotes) now overlook. Are we jaded? When did "here is something free" become a tipoff for something being a scam???

Amway. I blame them, though they are know as Quickstar now or something. My parents were absorbed by this cult just as I was realizing the cruel untruths told in the world. Things like Charlie Robinsons BBQ Sauce that claimed it was the winner of the "Mike Royko Ribfest" which until today, I didn't think even existed... I do have some facts to back me up:
  • our Amway Xmas tree came in a Box shipped UPS. Seriously. This is how we got our tree for many years.
  • My brothers were whisked off to some farm/jesus camp for weeks at a time. Worse still, Rob managed to get some 25 year old girl to fall in love with him...
  • The cult meetings where they strategized how to get higher up the pyramid were filled with a bunch of odd ducks. Really odd. Folks trying to stick it to the man.
So, do I fill Reagan in on the weird realities of this world where truth means nothing. Promises are unkept. Wars are waged on lies.

Nah, after all, even I still believe in Santa.

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