9.02.2007

Greetings Lobolians!

I have returned from a long hiatus, but now you shall hear from me again. In the broad world, that has only recently been united in Internetwork, we consider many to be heroes. We even have a tv show called heroes and I think that show is totally awesome. But again, are we overdefining a term? Shouldn't the word hero, or heroine, be something truly reserved, truly special? What makes a person a hero? Is it doing something we wished we had the guts to do? According to Webster, a hero is a person of myth and legend, a person whose outstanding and amazing feats of strength set them apart from mere mortals. Also according to Webster, some synonyms are martyr, prize athlete, conquerer, victorious general? Who are the enemies todays heroic generals defeat? They defeat their weight, the collapse of a bridge, enemies we led into a country by invading it. We speak also of unsung heroes and seek to honor them, forgetting that to do is a paradox, and the truly unsung hero is known only to those that they save. Known only to the family that holds them to their hearts, even forgets sacrafices that they make ever day. Known only to the person that they save. I dedicate this blog to all those heroes, and heroines I cannot and shall not name. I respect the paradox, and so I will not speak much further of this matter. Know, Lobolians, that life demands heroes, but there isn't enough time in our days, in our years, to name them all. Name one for yourself everday, and maybe together we could name them all.

Roman Wolf

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Lobolius, The Roman Wolf

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Long ago a wolf did howl in the day, as a river flowed and the ocean called. But the wolf lay down by another shore, and then became a tree.