Crazy/Sane and Angela's Ashes update

I'll cover Angela's Ashes first. I can recommend this book even though I haven't finished it yet. Braddock was concerned that the ending might suck and so I can't recommend it. However, this is not the type of book that requires any specific type of ending. It is not a novel, not a story. It's a memoir. If the book ended abruptly in my current spot (about 1/2 way through), I'd still recommend it and read it again sometime (not really "read" because I'm listening to the audiobook, but you know what I mean). Each chapter is like a short story in the life of the author - it can't possibly be disappointing.

Now a bit on Craziness (Insanity) vs Sanity. I suppose that most people believe themselves to be sane - and most of them are wrong. They want to be "sane" (what they believe "sane" to be) and they try very hard to be so. But most people are, in fact, quite insane. The only way to be truly sane is to be a little crazy. I'm not sure exactly what I mean by this, but I believe that it has two aspects. First, you must go through a period of craziness - letting go of your perceived sanity in order to attain true sanity. And second, you must be willing to be perceived as insane by others who falsely believe themselves to be sane.

I have to stop there because they're trying to close up the cafe in which I am composing this post.