Looking back on those games I probably hustled out of position as much as I hustled into position since I really never had any real training. I was working on instincts alone.

Music is one of those things that make us feel a little less alone in the world.

Each year over 2 500 commercial vessels enter the Port of Hampton Roads alone so adequate funding for port security is a significant issue for those of us who live in Richmond and Hampton Roads.

As I've gotten older I've occasionally found myself nostalgic for earlier periods of solitude though I realize that's also likely a false nostalgia as I know there was nothing I wanted more during those periods than to not be alone whatever that means.

You watch a hockey game and the hand-eye coordination and the speed is really miraculous how those guys track the puck alone just following it with their eyes.

By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire are procured by labour and they may be multiplied not in one country alone but in many almost without any assignable limit if we are disposed to bestow the labour necessary to obtain them.

To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it.

One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet that there are those who've gone before and those who will come and that there is a community of spirits.

But it seems that the judging maybe they shouldn't at least see the practices all week long. That can taint the way they go into the judging and the outlook of what's going to happen instead of just watching those four minutes and judging on those minutes alone.

But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place.