Freedom's just another word...

Chris Callen's opening for this months 'Source is on the mark, for me anyway. I've always dug Chris's ramblings, but this month was different.. like I said, for me anyway. Freedom.... As the the party line goes, I've defended it for the last 25 years. Yet, I'm not sure I would be the best person to describe exactly what the hell I've been defending. I'm smart enough to know that not everyones idea of freedom is the same... we aren't all fighting from the same foxhole. I'm also smart enough to know that Chris's page of words likely had the impact they did because of where I'm at in life. Retirement, from basically the only "real" job I've ever had, is no longer on the distant horizon... It's not a 300 meter target, It's not the 50 meter target.. it's close quarters, bayonette drawn, over hand right, in my fuckin' face! And I'm really excited... and little freaked out. This ain't no mid life crisis kinda thing... Vette's still have four wheels, and blond headed bimbos are.. well, bimbos. I'm lookin' for that which I've given over half my life to defend... and I will have it. Fuzzy image in the rearview, numb right hand, roar of the wind.. 74 cubic inches hurling me down the road to anywhere.. and nowhere.