Courage

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You'll be happy to know that Daruma still sits atop my computer staring at me, reminding me to 'act sober.' Good ole Daruma.

I write notes to myself on the backs of envelopes whose contents are of no interest. Instead of throwing them into the trash I use them as note fodder. I just discovered an old unused series of notes I intended to use last week. Among the notes are references to, 'Martha, Steve Fossett, and Ten Commandments.' Somehow those notes got lost last week and will therefore never achieve elucidation. Poor notes.

This week's notes are: Rather-courage-class act; toxic relationships; True Believers; Fear and Loathing at NASA; Gassey parade; Crooked Cops. I may not get to them all.

Dan Rather left CBS Evening News this week, his final message: 'Courage.' To quote the messenger himself, "A single picture may be worth a thousand words, but sometimes a single word can be worth a thousand pictures.' 'Courage' qualifies. If I may misquote The Bible slightly, '... and so there are these three things, Faith, Hope, and Charity, but the greatest of these is Courage.'