Angela and I saw the movie "Spanglish" earlier tonight, which was an excellent movie that we both highly reccomend.  I won't ruin it for you, but it combines some interesting aspects of reality and Hollywood.  When we got home, I read Tony's Blog and was surprised at a similarity between what he wrote and the movie.

Tony is completely right-EVERYONE regrets something.  But more importantly, realizing that you will have regrets in life is an important lesson.  When we are young we think in Black and White: I will meet the perfect person, I won't regret anything, I will always treat everyone with respect, etc., etc.  As we get older though, we learn more and more that life is a wide range of experiences, not just the simplicity of absolutes.  Sure, you might meet the person who is perfect for you, but that might mean that you infuriate each other by your shortcomings and thereby become better people over time.  Maybe you won't regret anything, but then (as Tony points out) you may never learn from your mistakes.

But the thing I liked about the movie and Tony's Blog, is how they both point out that life works in unexpected and often extremely painful ways, but somehow you learn and grow and laugh and move on to experience another day.  Life can be oddly reassuring in its sweetly sad uncertainty.

Also, I'm torn between being a lumberjack or a beach bum.  I guess with my first million I'll have to buy one house in the Bahamas and one house in the Yukon.  Anyone want to visit.