this episode is meant to look at the idea of just what does it mean to exist from a number of different angles. the only problem is that some of these essays i'm not exactly sure when I wrote them! "They're Only Human: Sustenance" (2023) is the first installment in a new series of stories to slowly examine the ideas of being, relationship, and meaning in the world. not sure exactly when i wrote this one, but "Autocide" (2008?) makes us stop and ask ourselves just who we are, and what do we honestly think of that? in "Anarchy with Memory" (2010?), while i ironically enough don't remember exactly when it was written, we apply a concept first explored in a political model i had proffered to my own personal state of being. "Have I Introduced You to My Friend Bob?" (2014) forces us to question how we sound, and how we listen, and how even we live. finally, "The Hope of All Hopes" (2007) is my attempt to express just what gave me hope for the future during one of my darker times in life.