Jack, that was a cool post. My twin brother (he's the "good" one [wink] ) works at a State home caring for the mentally ill, and the difference he makes in these people's lives is really admirable and heart-warming. The ultimate goal is for my brother and his co-workers to try to help these people to graduate to group homes where they can actually work real jobs and live more satisfying and independent lives (well, within reason, of course), but most of these patients will never leave that facility. A completely supervised life in a state run home is the best most of these people can ever hope for, and it's good, decent people like my brother who make sure that these individuals get the most out of it. It's a sad, depressing job (I could never fucking handle it myself) but someone has to do it--- and these poor souls are damn lucky to have someone like my bro watching out for 'em.