I just noticed that I've met and spoken with my Mercedes Benz mechanic--a solid Austrian chap, family man, and business owner--more times in the last several years than I've met or spoken with my own family members.

But again, the same is true with a few other successful male relatives.

The breakdown of Euro- and Euro-American family and society is something I've experienced first-hand.

Dissolution reigns.

The poolside beckons.