I'm Such A Slacker

Please watch this video and I dare you not to get inspired...

There is no force on earth stronger than the human spirit and this video is proof positive to that statement... A little history, twenty five years ago, in an attempt to prove just exactly how stupid I was, I dove off a boat and damaged my spinal cord... The truth of the matter was that I was out of control and God has ways of reminding us of that... Extremely long (and somewhat boring) story, I was told I would pretty much be on the menu right beside the item "Vegetable Of The Day"... I'll never know if that was meant to challenge me (AKA piss me off) or to spur me to work harder, but I wasn't about to take it lying down... (no pun intended, well maybe a little) I eventually walked again with the use of crutches like the ones in the video... Although it was not a viable means of transportation, two years later I did go back and walk the 1.5 mile fun run at the annual "City of Ft. Myers River Run", the last 10 kilometer race I ever ran... It took me a little over 4 hours, about 45 minutes longer than my slowest marathon (26.2 miles) but just as rewarding...

So why do I consider myself a slacker? I haven't been on my crutches in two years, I've gone from using my stationary bike (you really don't want me on the streets in anything other than my Chrysler) 6-7 days a week to once or twice a month... Well, that's about to end... I'm never going to run again, or stand on my head, but six weeks from now I'm going to be in a lot better shape...

Especially if we are going to...

Kick Obama Out 2012...

T.N.B.C.