Greetings from beautiful dynamic Charlotte, NC. Ok, Charlotte's so-so and I'm not actually IN it, but close enough. I was raised funny-mentalist (church of gawd, what a pretentious name) and I love parenthesis. Escaped at 18 and never looked back. I flirted with Buddhism and Zen, but never understood the sound of one hand clapping. I've been diabetic most of my 52 years and had a major heart atta…