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"You know how good it feels to have your points counted...."

Yeah - did Seti for years - no team - just me - almost joining once or twice. It was ho hum.

Now I can't wait to get home and plug my work laptop back in to the net and crunch. Today I lost a 3 million stepper it had been working on - core shutdown File_IO_error - get another WU and continue on. gnuts!

I think it is wise that our kids learn that this is not a perfect world. Screw-ups happen - sometimes we are effected negativly - it's part of being human. The lesson is how we REACT to the negativty. If we can get to where we let it go and move on it will serve us well in life ... if we get hung up and stand and point at what is holding us back ... to what end? Life is short ... there will always be a bad call by the umpire - let it go and continue going for the gold.

In WWII - over England and the Channel - the pilots defined "nits" and "problems" - a "nit" was a heater going out and so forth - not mission critical - a "problem" was loss of oil pressure .. etc.

Don't let "nits" become "problems" - one may be cold and shivering - but what is the mission?

So - tout this program to your friends - and let them know that as other things in life it is not perfect - but worthwhile. You don't need to shelter the kids - a few hurt feelings give you something to work with and grow them stronger and I bet you can shine there.

And then watch "Top Gun" again.

With compassion

Bob