New hardware brings new challenges, but for the most part, things are good. My surround speakers are finally being utilized in the way in which they were intended. I’ll have to do some testing when all concerned would not be disturbed by the sound.

Confusion still lays hold of my heart. That which is and that which is not blend together to form perception. Is the grass really greener on the other side of the fence and where is the fence; better yet, is the fence even really there? Who knows? I certainly don’t. All of life is an illusion and the illusionists are we. We weave our own webs of deception for ourselves to believe that what we see is either better or worse than it really is. I find myself asking the purpose of life and so often I find no answer. Maybe Richard Bach was right. We are here and live for one of two reasons: Education or Entertainment. Here’s hoping for the best of both in every experience.

"Every person, all the events of your life, are there because you have drawn them there.
What you choose to do with them is up to you."

and (since such things often find themselves in conversation)

"Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years."
- both from "Illusions, The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah"