A friend sent me this via Facebook. Love it!
As we taxied to the gate in Minneapolis the flight attendant said they were pleased to have had on board Capt. ____ (didn't catch his name) and his service dog _____. She said the Captain was injured in Iraq and his dog saved his life. He's the author of "Until Tuesday." (go read the description)
He sat in first class so I didn't get a chance to thank him after we got to the gate.
My flight from Minneapolis to Phoenix was full, a plane with a 2-3-2 configuration loaded with a bunch of teens and pre-teens who (whom?) I'm guessing were headed to the sun and warm with their parents for spring break. Some lacked any sense of plane etiquette.
I asked a question on the Chevy truck forum about the correct wheel cylinder for a '59 with a posi-traction rear end. The most helpful reply came from "Roy Rodgers." Do you suppose that's his real name?
Is there any fixed connection between the general wisdom and uprightness of one's actions and the course of their life? That is, over an extended period of time does a fool have trouble and misery to a greater extent than the person who generally walks the straight and narrow, making responsible decisions consistent with righteousness?
Into every life a little rain will fall. No one is so righteous as to escape trouble, sometimes some very serious trouble. And the wicked often prosper to an irritating degree. But would a statistician's analysis reveal a cause/effect pattern? Maybe a graph that accounts for outliers at each end but shows an empirical connection between righteous living and quality of life (not measured as financial prosperity!).
I have an opinion, but you can discuss among yourselves.
One thing we can agree on: none of us has received the recompense we deserve for the stupid wrong stuff we've done.
Today I listed the VW on eBay. We'll see what happens.
I'm off to the gym for my first real workout in over a week. I did some calisthenics in MI but nothing close to what I do at the gym. So if you don't hear from me tomorrow you'll know I died. If you do hear from me tomorrow...I've been asked to comment on the World Vision announcement re. their change in staff policy. So I'll include that in my trivial randomness.
The times, they are a'changin'.
2 comments:
Most times I hear a story someone has to tell in a book the cynic in me takes a deeper look. There are comments floating around about this Army Officer from people claiming to have served with him in Iraq that paint him in a much different light (read the 1 star reviews on Amazon for example) or http://www.armytimes.com/article/20110728/NEWS/107280310/Comrades-question-Iraq-vet-s-memoir-memories . Unfortunately it seems to happen too often that a person steps into the spotlight to claim something that may not be entirely true for sake of attention. There seems to be more truth everyday to "the quiet ones" being the ones that really have truly been there and done that, not necessarily the ones who are over eager to tell you about it. I wish there was an easier way to pick out the quiet ones and thank them.
BJ, I just had a chance to do some of that reading. If the accusations are true it makes me angry that someone is lying to get attention that should properly go to deserving men & women. Once again we may indeed be victims of the celebrity culture.
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