It Takes All Kinds!!

So lets hear it for Kent Couch of Oregon!!!



There is not doubt that this guy would be the life of the party. Of course, he could also be the death of the party--afterall, it takes all kinds.



Couch, for the second time in his life, used an ordinary lawn chair and a collection of 105 helium balloons to do what many of us would love to do--go airborne. The difference between Couch and the hundreds of us is determination and intestinal fortitude.



Couch managed to travel 193 miles on his lofty journey, soaring through clouds and watching the endless beauty beneath him. And to think he did this without all the technology that goes into the modern day construction of planes and helicoptors.



I can't even imagine the rush he must have felt as he headed skyward. I will never again be able to sit in my lawn chair around our campfire and feel the same about my earthly existence, epecially knowing that my lawn chair will not be registering on any radar.



Kent Couch and his obvious desire to experience the most out of life made me think about all those human beings (I might be strecthing the idea of humanity here) out there that approach life from the negative point of view and all of us have probably said, "It takes all kinds."



"Case in Point!" Just think how we sat mesmerized in front of the television and watched the murder trial of O.J. Simpson or read about the greed associated with Enron CEO Ken Lay. I am certain many of us wondered how such atrocities could take place, let alone take place with the apparent involvement of noteworthy citizens such as Simpson or Lay. And I am certain many of us said, "It takes all kinds."



And it doesn't end there. The misbehavior of former WVU football players Chris Henry and Pacman Jones as they moved from the college level to the professional field of play. How can people with so much going for them be so out of touch with reality.



Oh well, I guess it takes all kinds.