The night's adventures

I stayed up all night finishing the new Harry Potter book. Can't say I am too surprised, I mean we all knew this had to be the The Empire Strikes Back of the Harry Potter series. The second-to-last act. "Luke gets his hand cut off, find out Vader's his father... Han Solo gets frozen and taken away by Boba Fett."

We will see if the last Harry Potter book is full of muppetts or not.

An intersting Live Journal connundrum

So I payed for my extra user pics, but my paid account expired, so I have access to only three of my pics.

I think I deserve my pics or a refund.

Marriage Counselors

I recently had an insight into just what marriage counselors might do.

Let us assume that a marriage counselor wants to make the most money they can, and to do that, we all know that the key to success is repeat business.

So wouldn't follow that if a marriage counselor wanted to make as much money as possible, his or her aim would have to be twofold:

1) Keep the Couple together.
2) Keep the Couple miserable.

The first is obvious, if a marriage counselor were to say, "This situation is hopeless, you should split up," then the services would no longer be needed. Likewise, if a counselor gave good advice that actually solved the couple's problems, they would not need to return.

I think being a marriage counselor must be one of the trickiest jobs out there. I think it is a profession that rewards mediocrity. If a marriage counselor was actually so good to help solve problems, there would not be enough repeat business to be successful. If one was so bad that every couple broke up after seeing them, they too would not have enough business (or enough of a good reputation) to keep the shingle hanging.