Be alert.
We need more lerts!
<snark>Last week I had the honor of performing a civic service: jury duty. For the massive time of one day I was required by law to wait in a big room, doing nothing, hoping to be called to serve on a trial. I wasn't, and I went home filled with feelings of civic pride and responsibility.</snark>
I brought with me a couple of books, and during the day I was able to start and finish an odd little self-published book entitled Cult Control: The Building of a Cult by Dantalion Jones. As I read it I was drawn to recall the saying above. I don't know who came up with the saying first. I do remember the first time I heard it: I was living in