If you've never read The Odyssey, I'd recommend it. It's the story of an unfortunate Greek warrior who must make a perilous trek to return to his homeland after years of being stranded. I remember reading it my senior year in high school and having a great deal of apprehension for its exam. It was the first exam for our Humanities class and that friday before the exam I went home as usual dreading the studying I would have to do over the weekend.

A crazy man from Athens once exclaimed "life is bigger, It's bigger than you, And you are not me". I have a personal belief that everyone on this planet knows that there is something bigger than them. And I think that each one of us long to be part of that "bigness" in some way. Our reasons may vary but the intent is there. I see this in religion, following God or a faith.

Sometimes one of my brothers will ask me: "What's wrong?", and sometimes they'll get the response "Nothing more than usual". I guess this clearly classifies me as a pessimist. Is something always wrong? Well in a sense yes. I mean 50 Cent didn't win a grammy, we still haven't found those WMD's and, worse of all, I can't shake that my-life-is-stagnant feeling that always seems to sneak up on me. .

You know what I could really use right now? I could use a Damn-the-Snow Cocktail. This month has given Michigan too much snow. All the shovelling has given my back enough to complain about for the next month. Can't somebody sue someone, or can't they pass some law about this? Where is American justice when you need it? Oh well. But seriously, come December everybody is excited to see snow for the holiday season.

To err is human, to forgive is devine ... or so the saying goes. I find myself in countless day to day issues in which I do something wrong, or someone wrongs me. Many of them are petty and are easily resolved and forgotten without any need for formal forgiveness. However, of the many incidents that really test me, I'm not sure the concept of forgiveness ever surfaces. Arguments arise and then there is the temporary "