Kerry can't resist inserting a Nam story.

Because I enjoy it, and it helps me clarify, for myself, my opinion on issues..

Prolly, but did you know Kerry was in Vietnam?

Finn d'Abuzz wrote:

It takes a real Narcissist to believe his or her postings have even a remotely measurable impact on the world around us.

Granted, I'm a writer, and most of my posts are in the word games, English, riddles, music, and original writing forums, so maybe my opinion here is a little different from the norm. But, when I post, I hope that my posts are making someone else's life more interesting in some way; and, if I am very successful, I hope to actually provide a new way of thinking or perspective for, again, someone. If numerous people read, understand, and appreciate what I have said, then I have gone past my expectations. Again, maybe I see things too artisically, but if I can affect someone else's day in a positive manner, then I have made a "remotely measurable impact on the world" in the best way I can, and I will notice that change, as will the people with whom I share my thoughts.

Maybe I am not changing election results or movie sales or anything like that, but I hope that my posts can serve to impact the world somehow, and I can assure you that I am not a narcissist. If anything, I often suffer from an inferiority complex. And, I have resolved to stay out of most political debates, but I still decided to make this post, although I am not furthering the political discussion at all.

The measure of the value of our lives is not determined by the number of people who read our poems or hear our songs.

Don'tOM: Wrong Suck-up. As dear as they are ( Corgis) Flat -coated Retievers will take your heart and stomp 'at Sucker flat.

Excuse tangent, carry on...

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The measure of the value of our lives is not determined by the number of people who read our poems or hear our songs.

Unless you are a writer, then it matters just a hair or two.

Anyway, Finn, people don't need to be "moved by [my] words;" I just hope that, every now and then, they will read them. Although, while I'm on the topic, it isn't conceited to hope that someday people will be moved by something you write--it's wishful thinking.

"One day as our Swift Boat was heading up a river, a mine exploded hard under our boat," he continued. "After picking ourselves up, we discovered VC was MIA (missing in action). Several minutes of frantic search followed, after which we thought we'd lost him. We were relieved when another boat called asking if we were missing a dog."
Said Mr. Kerry: "It turns out VC was catapulted from the deck of our boat and landed, confused but unhurt, on the deck of another boat in our patrol."
J.J. Scheele, program director of Humane USA, confirmed yesterday that her organization did, in fact, receive the above statement from the Kerry campaign.
No military records on Mr. Kerry's Web site, which aides say is a complete accounting, mention a mine exploding under his boat or any dog. The only report of a mine detonating "near" Mr. Kerry's PCF 94 was March 13, 1969, when Mr. Kerry says he was injured and a man knocked overboard.