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Headlines tout Neil Armstrong as an American hero but then the bar for heroism is pretty low in this country. Armstrong had a job in an innovative field of work. He took risks as many job holders do but he had multimillion technology, a huge support team, a salary, health care and pension behind him. He was an American explorer who did good.
A hero is one who believes in a cause, sometimes a very lonely cause, and is willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to defend that cause.
A hero is one who may have to endure the disapprobation of much the world to stay true to that cause.
A hero is one who often holds the mirror of inequality to an uncaring world to defend those much of the world has forgotten.
Not always victory defines the hero and sometimes they must slip quietly into history.
Quixotic may often define them but their presence tells us that there is some good worth fighting for, worth dying for. They give us hope.
Rachel Corrie was such a hero.
I found another photo website to share:
It's a black and white scroll show from the past. Most people live their lives outside of the headlines and this selection shows all sorts of them captured in a moment from their "average" lives. There's a Previous/Next button on top which is good because some shots, so full of the life at the moment, scroll past too quickly.
My husband found this site:
It's a game called Shuffle. Pretty simple really; you get a take a shot, your opponent gets to take a shot and last man standing wins. You'll see early if ROUND LOST is going to appear in extremely large font but with a little practice, you'll see that skill more than luck is needed to win. Be sure to have the sound off if you play this at work. Oh, and as you progress, you get fewer and fewer "weapons" to use but your opponent doesn't. Talk about "Not fair!"
OK, I'm done. I have to go prepare some math "cheat sheets". No, there's not test cheat sheets but reference pages explaining different math procedures. Today, I think I'll work on two: regrouping and fraction division. The boy might need some review in both areas before school starts. Thank goodness he's still sleeping and doesn't know the educational joy he's facing today. See you next week.
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