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Sad day on several fronts! Iraq, with all of the sacrifices that were made, spirals back into chaos (from which, I guess, it never escaped) and separate factions that seem bent on destroying each other. As noted by many (before and after), we should never have gone in there. The waste of lives and resources have been monumental--and now they return to dust in all ways.

Went to the PD support group in Folsom today. The guest speaker was from the DMV. He went over the whole DMV process for handling the licensing of people with challenges. I have to go through their process next year (2015) and I, like nearly everyone, don't look forward to that activity. I got my last renewal by taking a set of online practice tests and tutorials, and going in for the written exam.

Next time, I'll have to do the written, visual, and actual driving exams, and do so in the light of having to disclose that I have been diagnosed with a major physical/mental disorder for which I take prescription medications. The DMV can take a number of actions regarding giving me a license, including refusal of privileges, restrictions, going back through the exam process more frequently, and so forth.

I grow old! I grow old! A driverless car is what I'll be sold! Will passengers in a driverless car still need some form of license? I wonder! The world changes and so do its passengers! Do I need a permit to continue riding on this Earth?

Back to Iraq--speaking of driverless worlds! Who's in charge? Who's in change?