We are stardust and our ass is grass. While it is true we all carry around a few molecules of Abraham Lincoln it is also true we carry a few from Hitler as well. We are indeed a little bit country ... and a little bit rock n' roll. We are told on a daily basis what conclusions to reach and every day we are told how to feel. When to be happy and when it is appropriate to be sad. A laughtrack has been provided. Love and hate are the only fuel we respond to. We doth protest too much. Everyone is so afraid of offending each other but it's healthy to get offended. Don't believe me? Read this book. The Trembling Fist, Lance Manion's fifth collection of short stories, is far and away his fifthest.