"Why is the world so screwed up?" you asked, but were too busy talking to listen. Now you are no longer able to ask the question.

yOU HAVE B33N cH0SEN TO REC3IVE THIS m3SSAG3

You have been taught certain expectations, a statistical mean from which any deviation will be punished. This is perfectly natural, according to what you understand to be natural, and it is killing you. Be assured, you have strayed as far from nature as is possible. This book will do nothing to cure you of this malady.

[lET RsTRING = rUN helpHELP.hlp {rUN(RUN)}] ; dEVtEST [(NULL-SET((±1,0,Ø)))] ; dISASSOC 1,0 = gOTO {#sHUTDOWN!}

This is how the World ends; this is how it always has ended and will again forevermore eRRALERT_ALERT CRITICAL ERROR

tHIS MESSAGE WILL sELF-dESTRUCT IN 3, 2, 1...

Boris D. Schleinkofer is a slave, just like you and everybody else. He lives near the monolith of Baal. His number is 5x2-00x1-11. He is a good citizen, and this is a book full of short stories and biographical material.