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I just voted — first thing in the morning, before I even made coffee. It’s not really that impressive, as the polling place is literally right behind my house.
In cold, canned terms, “I did my duty”. But I got to thinking about that idea a little. I remember a WWII airforce vet, an old friend of the family, describing to me a little of his experience during that war. I am still in awe of what men like him did and had to endure — a time when duty meant more than getting up a little early and walking across the dewy grass to the fire station.
I remember telling Col. Sauls that I was humbled and awed by veterans like him. I didn’t think I could ever do what they did. I still wonder. But he looked me in the eyes and said something like “Your grandfather did; if you had to, you would.” I know he was right. God forbid it ever comes to the place where “duty calls” like that.
So, this morning I’m grateful — grateful that all duty, or more properly Providence, asked of me today was a simple statement of preference for who I think would lead the country best — a vote. I’m glad I didn’t shirk the responsibility for the sake of a few more minutes sleep.
If you haven’t already, go vote. Much more has been asked of men and women before you, so be grateful for the easy duty asked of you today.
I just created a new Flickr user for uploading family stuff. I think it’s important to keep work stuff separate from family stuff. Here’s the link:
http://www.flickr.com/people/27842200@N05/
I try to make comments on the pictures, so you may want to click through to the larger images.
If you’re unfamiliar, Flickr is a fantastic photo hosting service and community, but it has loose rules regarding what can be posted. Check out an earlier blog post for a couple warnings about exploring Flickr:
http://torraca.wordpress.com/2007/07/14/flickr/
BTW — the older post links the photostream I maintain for exhibiting my work.
I found a tool for exporting my old blog’s posts and importing them here. I’m pretty happy about this as it took some doing — it was sorta fun to get my hands into coding for a little bit. Guess I haven’t lost it completely.
Comments are not active for the older posts, but I’ll leave them active for future ones — unless the spam filters on this system fail me.
I hope to get a real family update here soon.
I realized the other day that Providence has changed my life significantly since I started my blog over at torraca.net. When I began that blog, I was still interested in doing the all of the behind the scenes coding work myself. Today, I’m much more deeply involved in business and keeping up with the kids.
Happily, I found that WordPress has this free blog space available — it works the same as my old blog, but I don’t have to mess with updated, spam filters, and all the other minutia of website admin. I don’t have complete control over design elements, but, hey, it’s free.
I’ll be changing torraca.net into a business site in the near future. Until then, I’ll let the old blog stand.
