Morning Audibles

Since this is a short (probably "untradeable" week), I guess this counts as "hump day" (don't get excited Mutt)...

I thought this was in interesting link yesterday (ht ben)...

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_APmrYvpA45s/TOiGmhlELXI/AAAAAAAAJN8/bi3XnyeoadU/s1600-h/holiday_thanksgiving%5B2%5D.gif

So that's about it in the world (unless you consider North & South Koreans sending artillery rounds up each others @sses, or, on a similar note, Barney Frank saying that Ben Bernanke is a genius - newsworthy)...

As for me... Last Friday I said I was going to do some "soul searching"... The end result? It took all of about 5 minutes to do so... Just to confirm that what I was thinking was not a conjured illusion, I consulted my dear friend doctor Peter Venkman (who confirmed for me what I'd believed all along)...



But the story behind the story here is that I'd neglected my history... I'd forgotton that there have, in fact,been brave knights who'd partaken of magnificent quests... And that what I'd been witnessing was just a more modern version of one (of said knights accompanied by a band of happily singing minstrels)..

I'd also forgotten the fact that... "Imitation IS the sincerest form of flattery"... I remember back in January (when CV embarked on his own quest), CV was beaten, and tarred, and feathered for having done so... It turned out OK in the end... When things succeed in that way, it is inevitable that copycats will spring up... That... Should be considered a daily challenge (not so much for the copy catters, that basically need to assimilate ideas from elsewhere, and simply add an "& oh by the way, I hate teapartiers" ending to it).. No, the DAILY CHALLENGE belongs to the idea originators... The ones coming up with unique ideas, radical thoughts, and YES, "entertaining" presentations... CV relishes the role of "entertainer", but entertaining can sometimes be a bloodthirsty business which leaves CV feeling this way in the end...

Make no mistake about it though... Life is a WAR... There are many enemies that an individual fights on a daily basis... Some of those enemies have faces, some of them don't... Sometimes the enemy is in the mirror... Sometimes you fight in groups, sometimes you go it alone, and sometimes you're forced simply to "represent" the groups or cause you're fighting for...

While I may need my rest from time to time, I won't back down until I've faced my very last enemy... CV's "Achilles Heel", so to speak, is that I relish a fight to the death... If you back down from that fight... They will not remember your name...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP74aJBbIoY&feature=related

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