The asymmetry between these relative costs alone may account for my manipulation of evidence confirming the false belief that I have left the burner on.
I want you to know, though, they never fell for my manipulation.
"The leftovers; things left behind, and how through my manipulation they become in service to something else, something new that shifts and evolves their appearance and identity and might have the power to shift or evolve our perception of what we know or think we know".
I can only assume the lady wife knows of my digital manipulations (or she will now) and that it doesn't bother her.
As I discovered in my media manipulations, the information that finds us online -- what spreads -- is the worst kind.
Granted, I wanted to help promote the documentary Meth and discuss gay men, drug abuse and my own crystal meth addiction, but the interview had become too real, too well-lit and far too direct for me to escape the truth with my usual manipulations.
After all, I knew my constant manipulation of people and of situations was all in good fun.
"We are disappointed that the court terminated the case after one day and did not allow us to put on all of our substantial evidence of Redstone's mental incompetency and decisions that he made because of lies about my client, manipulation, and undue influence," wrote Herzer's attorney Pierce O'Donnell.
After a few frustrating misses, however, I manage to save face in front of a room full of onlookers silently judging my robotic manipulation skills.
I sat there in the parlor of my father's house, mentally flipping through the rolodex of manipulations in my own head, desperately scanning his eyes for any sign or hint of the man I'd used for years and I discovered in an instant that he no longer existed.
