[Vision2020] Courtney's Numbers

Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Wed Mar 21 12:12:05 PDT 2007


Perhaps before Dale Courtney submits another article to the local media, he
should consider a poem my wife found in (of all places) a Dear Abbey column:

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THE MAN IN THE GLASS 
(Author Unknown) 

When you get what you want in your struggle for self 
And the world makes you king for a day, 
Just go to a mirror and look at yourself 
And see what THAT man has to say. 

For it isn't your father or mother or wife 
Whose judgment upon you must pass, 
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life 
Is the one staring back from the glass. 

Some people might think you're a straight-shootin' chum 
And call you a wonderful guy. 
But the man in the glass says you're only a bum 
If you can't look him straight in the eye. 

He's the fellow to please, never mind all the rest, 
For he's with you clear to the end, 
And you've passed your most dangerous test 
If the guy in the glass is your friend. 

You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years 
And get pats on the back as you pass, 
But your final reward will be heartache and tears 
If you've cheated the man in the glass.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"If I wanted to overhear every tedious scrap of brain static rattling around
in your head, I'd read your blog."

- Bill Maher





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