Motivation ...

... derailed.

But I am determined to get through this ... to persevere ... to press on ... and to succeed!

Cingino Dam, Northern Italy

Beautiful, huh?

If you look closely, below, you'll see 'dots' on the dam, though. Wonder what's up?

Yep, those are goats ... 

... or more specifically, Alpine Ibex.

They like to eat the moss that grows on the dam.

 No biggee :)

PS ... this is old news. Found this link (http://www.ruralramblings.com/alpine-ibex-on-cingino-dam) that shows a posting from October, 2010.

"And I'll find my way through the darkness; there are doors ahead if we see clear; they're falling open"

- BoDeans

"Off in the night, while you live it up, I'm off to sleep; waging wars to shake the poet and the beat."

- Kings of Leon

The logic of 8-yr-olds never ceases to amaze me

If you're an eight-year-old boy and your younger sibling screams, you ...
  a) stop what you're doing to see if that person is okay.
  b) quickly call for a parent to help make sure that person isn't hurt.
  c) keep doing what you're doing because you KNOW that you are right! (Even though YOU are the one making them scream.)

When a parent tells you that you have five minutes left to play before picking-up/leaving/going to bed, you ...
  a) say, "Thank you. I'll make sure to pick up."
  b) acknowledge the remark with a nod and make sure to listen for the final call after the five minute period.
  c) yell, "No! Ten minutes!" and start whining and crying.

If you are eight, when you're parent tells you, "No, you can't do [that], I need you to do [this].", you ...
  a) remember that you lost a week's worth of television privileges for your response to the above scenario.
  b) calmly discuss the options before eventually quietly acquiescing to your parent's request.
  c) yell and scream "No." over and over until you have lost more privileges.

(Hint: 'c' is the correct answer ... for everything.)

"It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Enough is NEVER enough ...

... except when ENOUGH is ENOUGH.

Moderation and compromise. When did these become BAD things?