Inspection

So, as usual, my work has fully consumed me for the past few weeks. We are currently preparing for a HUGE inspection, one that no one here has ever done before. We have all done inspections, but not one quite like this. I have to admit this is the biggest inspection I have ever had as a director. To say I am not nervous would be a lie, but all things are a learning experience. I just have to remember that although, I want everything to be perfect there is really no way to achieve perfection. Please think positive thoughts for me as I stay late at the office and prepare for next Tuesday's inspection.


"On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow."
Friedrich Nietzsche

The bugs are BACK!!

I know the picture is not in the center and it does bug me (no pun intended), but I cannot figure out how to fix it.

For those of you who were raised in the South or in warmer climates, you know the above bug is a Cicada or as the Japanese call them a Semi. They come out when the weather starts to get warm. Tonight on my way home from the gym I heard them for the first time. For those of you who have never heard them they sound much like a power transformer going out, no joke.

I HATE THEM, I am not scared of bugs in general, but I do not like cicadas.

One positive thing about them is, warm weather is here!!!

The name is a direct derivation of the Latin cicada, meaning "buzzer".

"Unlike the singing cicadas, the silent fireflies burn themselves.
Japanese saying

"Taking Chance" a must see!

Thanks to HBO films there is now a phenomenal moving tribute to all that have served. Especially those who did not make it back alive and those who accompanied them on way home. There were many times during the movie when I had chills and broke out in tears.

I have to say I am usually not a Kevin Bacon fan either, but he did such a great job portraying a Marine Corps Officer.

Below is the movie trailer.



Thank you to all those who serve and have served.

"It is my earnest hope - indeed the hope of all mankind - that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past, a world found upon faith and understanding, a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance and justice."
- General Douglas Macarthur

My poor toe

Well they say your big toes are a major part of your balance. I think that if my big toe could talk it would tell you that is true.

Check out this massive blister.

Running in thin socks is not a good idea, bottom line.

"Running is one of the best solutions to clear a mind"
~Sasha Azevedo