' Wrote:Understanding it is one. Agreeing and accepting it, is something else entirely...
I get you, I really do:)
But what comes to mind is a story I read somewhere a long time ago.
It was about one of those board RPGs back in the days before the computers existed - oh those 30:)years ago, when peope actualy played their turns by mail.
So this guy developed a wisard, and it took him guess how long to reach lvl 10??? You ready ???
Seven - 7- freaking years!!!
Say a prayer for the nerds, man - and be happy!
"Come on, people. We have a job to do, so let's be about it" - Lady Dame Steadholder Admiral Honor Alexander-Harrington, RMN A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind. The mind is the only battlefield that matters. Everything else is just ... fuss.
Lieutenant Lord Miles Naismith Vorkosigan / Admiral Miles Naismith/ "Always aim for the stars, boy. Even if you miss, you'll at least not end up shooting your leg"
Ascribed to General Count Piotr Pier Vorkosigan
<span style="color:#FFFF33">"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."</span>
Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear.