Where's the line between mental discipline and poor judgment?" (plus Death & Taxes)

In response to last week’s question, "Where's the line between mental discipline and poor judgment?", my writing and sailing friend Richard claims it is "the fourth tequila" which might explain why my friend Royce responded, "It's not a line, it's a blurred area."

My friend Richard explained, "There is no clear line.  Rather, it is part of a continuum.  Mental discipline comes from good judgment. Good judgment comes from experience. And from where does experience come? Bad judgment!  (If at first you don’t succeed … Perhaps disarming IEDs may not be your best career choice!)."

My birthday bud Jon noted, "Saying the first thing that pops into your mind, versus thinking first, such as when posting a response to Hal's Hmmmm's."

My social media friend Mark pointed out "the line is criss-crossing and zig-zagging all over the place all of the time. It even moves randomly (note from last week).  You can never really see the line until you have actually crossed over it and see that you missed it yet again."

My dad's beach buddy Bob replied, "It's sort of in the middle.  For example I love chocolate and am overweight and should I go ahead and eat the chocolate bar or give it to the dog I don't have."

Please share your thoughts about "things that make you go 'Hmmm' “:

Is there anything else certain in life beyond death and taxes? (to challenge Ben Franklin's observation)

We don't stop laughing because we get old. We get old because we stop laughing.  Make it a point to have fun and make others laugh.

Hal 

PS:  "The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets."   Will Rogers

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Thanks to Demetri Martin, Steven Wright and George Carlin for the inspiration.