fail

I've been thinking a lot about failure lately. Mostly focused on my own. But that's gotten old, so I'm moving on to the failures of others.

Franz Berliner, Captain, LZ 129 Hindenburg
Flew the world’s largest balloon into the world’s largest needle. Not sure what he was doing, but I don’t think it takes hindsight to see that Franz was not watching where he was going. His poor floating skills singlehandedly brought down the entire Zeppelin Industry.

1912. The RMS Titanic, North Atlantic Ocean. The stuff of legends (and a few melodramatic motion pictures), this disaster served as the epitome of engineering arrogance and denial. The "unsinkable" went down like a safe full of nickles, leaving 1500 to drown. Why? Because nobody who designed, built, owned, promoted, or otherwise had anything to do with the ship wanted to consider the possibility that it just might end up in Davey Jones' Locker.

Abe Lincoln. Which is my most beloved historical figure. He failed, failed again, succeeded, failed, failed, succeeded, gave a nice speech, murdered. Throw in a nervous breakdown, a crazy spouse, and early death of his mother.


Enron

The Atkins Diet

Charles Ponzi

New Coke

I could go on and on. The point is it makes my life seem positively rosy! Long live losers!