These are careful times. Potential offense has become tantamount to accuracy in all forms of communication; while honesty has become a vulgarity reserved for the daft In this era of great subtlety, it is my intention to relate a story of grave historical import. Realizing the insignificance of my own life; I will attempt to tell the story of a greater man. A man created in the image and likeness of God; who, as a mere copy, aspired to be the original. This particular man recognized his decline; and turned it to his advantage. He freely chose a potential future, rather than a predestined one....