Go Back, Jack, Do It Again

For all the profanity, cursing, and bluster that goes on around this place, one of the things that makes it a home on the intartubbies (or a wretched hive of scum and villany, take your pick) is that fact that we can be remarkably decent to each other at times.  I’d call it “like family” but the fact is, some of us find it hard to be as kind to family, and sometimes even with good reason.  When I think out the slings and arrows endured in the last year by my fellow Hostages, be they injuries, maladies, conditions, jobs, finances, and family bullshit, or having friends and family picked off by the unsleeping spectre of death in unrelenting fashion, this place is a respite, and we remain among friends.  Even Wiser.

Whether it is the sneaky behind the scenes care package drives and organization, or telling a fellow Hostage “Go ahead and complain.  We’re listening.” when we might tell someone else to stick the three-piston asshammer in as far as it will go, and then break it off.

I’d like to think that we’re all here because we’re unique.  No, I’m not talking about that huggy-touchy-feely bullshit that make the Left think that it is ok to be a hyphenated American every day, rather than simply as a means to remember why it is they are lucky to be Americans on special occasions.  I’m talking about being the people who can take a kick to teeth, shake their head, spit the broken ones out, smirk at the kicker, and say “Is that all you got?”

Things can be pretty crappy sometimes.  Having a government that is against us more than it is with us can be a heavy burden sometimes.  Throw in a metric shitload of personal crap, and it would be easy to wonder why the Big Guy upstairs has it in for us, but the fact that some of us have had the year that we have, and that the coming one doesn’t really look like an improvement, and we’re still here, swinging, and hurling insults at each other says something about us that others would either find inspiring, or in their jealousy, they would hate.  If there is a “Hostage” Approach to life, I think this sums it up rather well:

It isn’t just “Seven times down, eight times up”.  It isn’t about doing the safe thing.  It’s about doing it your way, and knowing that here, at least, we’ve got your back.

Here’s your ball.  Take your shot.

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