(Web) Reality Check

Then I got it, the message: We’re sorry. You are looking for something that isn’t here.

Damn, that’s harsh — even if they did apologize. I looked at the words for a second, and, as though I was tied to the tracks in the path of an oncoming train, my life passed before my eyes. In a split second, I minced painfully through all of the bad relationships, all of the fad diets, the go-nowhere jobs, the rarely used gym memberships, the how-to books and self-help guides, numerous spiritual and social experimentations, and one ill-conceived attempt at selling makeup door to door.