thought

all things are difficult

before they are easy.

—thomas fuller

home

(always homesick after our short visits…)

far

from home.

bleak

bleak [bleek] adj. -er, -est.

1. bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.

2. cold and piercing; raw: a bleak wind.

3. without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary: a bleak future.

lullaby

11.11.11

What a perfect date, an absolute day to make a mark, a day to remember our Veterans, both current and future.

Do something that will make it’s mark on this date, you won’t regret it.

I was asked by my son to post this song on my blog, thank you to him for the suggestion. Thank you to the ones this video honors. Thank you to every person who has served our country. Thank you to Nickelback for the great new tune!

you can see the official video on YouTube, it’s worth the trip…

truella

downfall

matchbox twenty/downfall

(sorry for the live video, best version I could find for a good song that I had forgotten…)

infinitum

inadequate

inadequate (in-ad-i-kwit) —adj

not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable

not capable or competent; lacking

n—inadequacy

adv—inadequately

Syn—inapt, incompetent; incommensurate; defective, imperfect, incomplete.

…like knights at a round table, all but one of course—the inadequate. the one: non-veteran, non-medically trained, non-triathlete, non-body builder, non-marksman(woman), non-medical education director, non-previous department chief.

the oddball. the weak link. the imperfect, incomplete, incompetent.

why bother with this one? nothing to contribute. nothing intelligent to say. not interesting.

who was that knight, the one that was lacking in some way? they couldn’t have all been completely equal, there must have been one that was

inadequate.