Conventional Wisdom

(Historical Notes: WOOOOOOOW Past Me was so defensive about this.  For somebody who, even at the time, freely admitted to knowing this wasn’t a good idea, I was REALLY trying hard to convince the world otherwise.  “No, really, it’s for the good of the community, guys!”  Yeah, right, and next I suppose it was all a social experiment, too.  Look, I was just desperate to find some way to avoid spending money on hotel rooms and putting up with roommates I didn’t wanna be around for three days straight, and sleeping in my van SEEMED like a way out.  Not even a GOOD way out, just a way.  Which brings us to…)