Had an awesome short vacation in Denver/Vail. Saw two great bands and hung with great people in a snowy wonderland.

It was a much needed escape from my little world.

I was deeply saddened to hear about the Newtown shooting. Sometimes the acts of humans defy all reasonable comprehension. That's all I will say about that. I was very impressed with the words of our president. He touched on our struggle for the meaning of life which I think I have never heard a political official say so well.

"You know, all the world’s religions, so many of them represented here today, start with a simple question. Why are we here? What gives our life meaning? What gives our acts purpose? We know our time on this Earth is fleeting. We know that we will each have our share of pleasure and pain, that even after we chase after some earthly goal, whether it’s wealth or power or fame or just simple comfort, we will, in some fashion, fall short of what we had hoped. We know that, no matter how good our intentions, we’ll all stumble sometimes in some way. We’ll make mistakes, we’ll experience hardships and even when we’re trying to do the right thing, we know that much of our time will be spent groping through the darkness, so often unable to discern God’s heavenly plans. There’s only one thing we can be sure of, and that is the love that we have for our children, for our families, for each other."

Jeff Tweedy (seen in the pic above) echoed the same concept Saturday night..."Our love is all we have"