As I was walking home from the park with my dog today, we passed a man with his son who was probably no more than three. He asked his dad: "Why isn't he wearing shoes?" I found it amusing that the kid noticed at all. How quickly we acclimate to cultural norms! Unfortunately, often one's wisdom is outpaced by one's measure of it, and inquisitiveness turns into belligerence as we age. With adults, the conversations are more imperative than interrogative. It is not because they grow up and gain education in podiatry, but merely because they grow up and became more sure of themselves.