Hi Taylor,

Those are great and very inspiring thoughts!

And as for shaking things up.... I realize I need to be a bit more provocative (without being offensive) myself.... It's good for business and publicity.... :)

I agree with you about these good examples around us.... It's funny, in my case, when I was growing up, all my heroes were actually "anti-heroes"....

By this I mean that they were REALLY heroes, even though they may not have acted like it....

So, as a counter-example, Superman was a hero -- he always acted like a hero should, everyone loved him.... But "anti-heroes" were different....

My favorite comic character was Spiderman. I liked the fact he was an "anti-hero" because all the cops were after him too. The cops wrongly thought he was a criminal because he was always spotted at the scenes of crimes, when Spidey was chasing a baddie....

I also used to like to read about Philip Marlowe (in books by Raymond Chandler). He's one of those wise-cracking hard-talking detectives -- he was played by Humphrey Bogart in a couple of movies I think (like "The Big Sleep"). I think I liked that character because he talked tough, but deep down you knew he was really a nice guy... Another "anti-hero" type....

These guys didn't really care too much what others thought of them. The important thing to them was to do good things, and get the job done.... :)

Dien Rice