Bedtime is a time of day many parents dread. Kids not only make excuses, they flat-out refuse to go to their rooms, they cry and throw tantrums. The standoff can be dramatic. And so are the numbers. 

Thallium is a heavy metal located on the periodic table between mercury and lead.  It effects on the body are horrific, affecting mainly the nervous system, the neuromuscular system, and the energy production systems of the body.  However, it can damage all body systems, as can all the toxic metals, depending upon where it lodges in the body.

Life is a game.  This means that it is a setting with some rules.  That is what I mean by a “game”.  I do not mean that life is unreal because it is a game.  I do not mean that life is stupid because it is just a game.  No.  I mean that it is a setting with some rules.  That is how games are always played.  You set up the rules, and then you jump in and play the game.  That is the sense in which I mean that life is a game.