The End of an Era for Movies

Truly the end of an era. Siskel & Ebert, thumbs up or down, love them and hate them, they were THE definitive voice. I can't think of how many countless times I would say to someone "This movie is supposed to be great, it got 2 thumbs up." It's times like this that I realize how everything in life changes. time moves on without all of us at some point. Jack will never know who Siskel & Ebert were other than perhaps reading about them in some history book. It also reminds me that life is about what you make of it, the memories you create for yourself, which is what makes Ebert's farewell so touching...

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/07/the_balcony_is_closed.html


Now the time has come to awake from my daydream. That's all history--treasured history, but past and gone, all the same. I remember what Gene said to me in that dressing room before the Carson Show: "Roger, we're a couple of kids from the Midwest. We don't belong here."

Karate Kid

Our little Samurai. Another great experience for him and of course he's taking to it with a ton of enthusiasm, just like he always does. Watching him earn his white belt (just for showing up the first day but who cares?) brought a tear to my eye. I'm constantly so impressed with Jack and happy we can provide these great experiences for him. Watching the huge smile on his face as he does battle with his black belt teacher brings me a sense of joy and satisfaction like nothing else.


It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself. ~Joyce Maynard

You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back. ~William D. Tammeus

Space....

Our galaxy cranks out about 10 new stars per year. Now astronomers have found one near the beginning of time that's generating a whopping 4,000 a year. At that rate, the galaxy needs only 50 million years to grow into one equivalent to the most massive ever observed. Such rapid-fire starbirth and growth confounds theory.

This is why I'm optimistic. Despite what we think we know....despite what we think might happen in the years to come.....We really know VERY, VERY little about the universe.

It is awe inspiring to think of the discoveries we will make over the next 10, 20, 50 years. And the changes these discoveries will bring to the way we view the world around us, our place in the universe, and the origins and meaning of life.