tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post2616866776532540138..comments2024-03-28T14:52:13.218-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: You Gotta Have a PlanJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-8524011445917013822007-08-24T13:37:00.000-05:002007-08-24T13:37:00.000-05:00...make new friendsSteve, after I conquer the univ...<I>...make new friends</I><BR/><BR/>Steve, after I conquer the universe I'll have lot's of friends, you just wait.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-30900909077843660682007-08-24T13:23:00.000-05:002007-08-24T13:23:00.000-05:00Oh yeah, you gotta have a plan. I wasn't in long e...Oh yeah, you gotta have a plan. <BR/><BR/>I wasn't in long enough to have the problem of fading away. Although, a decade and a half later, and a hundred extra pounds, I was once invited to a friend-of-a-friend's paint-ball game (to be on the losing side, unbeknownest to me). I disrupted their plans. Coordinated and commanded an intense defense that repulse several vets on their side. Then I was on the attack team in another field, made my way (sloppily IMHO) across an open (grassy) field, popped up 5 feet away from the first defender and put two paint smears on his chest. He screamed like a flaming wood duck having not seen my advance over 100 yards, looking in my direction. Of course, since he screamed so loud, I only pegged two other guys before they x-ed me out. That's when I came to grips with the knowledge that I would never be able to put that time (my service) behind me. <BR/><BR/>On another note. I went with a bunch of college friends to a convention (Siggraph) many years ago. As we drove out we started with the "remember when..." stories. The guy that organized us announce he had absolutely no intention of having such a conversation, and that if we did we could get out of the car. We've never had those conversations again. It was a good call on his part.<BR/><BR/>Keep busy, make new friends along with the old ones, live much and well, it's a good recipe for not fading away.Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.com