One of my hero’s, Randy Pausch, passed today. His anecdote about brick walls is brilliant:
“. . . brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.â€
A recent post in New York Times includes a brief bio about Randy. The USA Today has an obituary.
Thanks to Jaysen for alerting me and commenting on an earlier entry on my site.
For anyone interested in why I keep cracking ribs ( almost 100 percent back from the second time now ), here’s a video on youtube of the class I train with. And yes, I’m absent from the show 😉
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9SuA-Ehp2o
Safe for work, of course, though not for the meek . . .
Allegedly British SAS troops are performing HALO–which stands for High Altitude Low Opening–training jumps with dogs. So careful with that pooch, Eugene.
The Sun includes a PhotoShopped picture in the article. Poor doggie doesn’t even have goggles. Yeah, right.
Despite all odds, I survived the worst week of my working life. For various reasons, it’s inappropriate to comment in detail, but let’s just say I spent over two hours at a lawyers office Thursday morning, and another one today.
A key shift in the conversation:
Lawyer: Look, you dont’ have to be scared by me because I’m a lawyer.
Sam: No, sir. I’m scared because you are a Marine.
At this point everyone in the room laughed, including the hard-ass 600 dollar an hour solicitor who lobbed bombs at me.
Later I was told there had been real concern among the higher-ups as to whether or not I could handle the intensity of the questioning. But the bosses and legal beagles are happy now.