https://archive.rustgeek.me/tags/intros/ Recent content in Intros on A Geek's Life Hugo en Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:52:41 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2009/08/01/a-lost-son/ Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:52:41 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2009/08/01/a-lost-son/ <p>In moments like these, the stark reality hits me like a blow to the solar plexus - I am lost&hellip;.caught in the neverland between two worlds - never fitting into either one. My lostness is multi-faceted; spawned by the dissonance being caught between the <em>fervent patriotism</em> of a son who once believed he had something big to offer his country and the <em>hard nosed pragmatism</em> of a thirty plus bloke who realizes -  a trifle late -  that finding his place in this world is more important in the near term than the <em>anonymit</em> y of sacrifice.</p>