But they don't scare me. I don't terrorize easily, unless it's right in my face. I'd like to think I'm tough, I'm strong enough to take care of myself.

Sun Tzu wrote "Kill one to terrorize ten thousand." What did he mean by that? That's important, but don't forget the hidden lesson, too: Terror only affects a small number of people directly. But it scares the rest of them--if it works.

I don't know about you, but it's against my policy to give free rent to anyone in my head. Especially killers, of ANY stripe. I will plan my day and life most certainly NOT in accordance with some possible terror attack disrupting my life. And I strongly suggest that the sooner everyone (except the professionals, of course) starts living their life in exactly that manner, the sooner we will move past the post-George-W.-Bush world I eagerly anticipate.

But it looks like some people have other plans for us.