Re: "Sleeping in Light" - Ten years ago

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:03:49 -0500, thus spake Mike Ross (in article
<7q9ri4hivpa7dkkr0qs1pfnoh4qo1mgo03@xxxxxxx>):

On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:15:40 GMT, Amy Guskin <aisling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

<snip>

I mean "heroic" in the sense of you _choosing_ to walk into burning
buildings
on a regular basis in order to save the lives of complete strangers. If
that's not heroic, I don't know what _is_.

It turns out that the very old lady we saved at one of the fires was the
'Chock
full o'Nuts' lady: <<

Okay, now I will have that ancient jingle in my head for the next...forever.
:-p

As for heroism... well that's what we sign up for. We all know the score. We
could get killed doing it, but that doesn't make us heroic (more often it
makes
us dumb! :-) ) - it's part of the job. Real heros are civilians that do
similar
things - they *didn't* sign up for it, but they do it anyway. I'm not going
to
sit still and let you get away with calling me a hero, young lady! <looks
stern> <<

Yeah, yeah, whatever you say. <Whispering "hero" and pointing at Mike when
he isn't looking>. ;-)

Right now it's all funny suits; I'm going through hazardous materials
technician
training:

http://www.corestore.org/mikedoeshazmat.jpg <<

That _is_ amusing, and much more suit than my husband wore when he was
insulating the attic. And I didn't think you could _get_ much more suit than
that!

Amy
--
"This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time
- to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids;
to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American
Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth - that out of many, we are one;
that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and
doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that
timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes We Can."
President-elect Barack Obama, November, 4, 2008

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