The Christian Science Monitor is publishing a series about the abduction, and eventual release, of freelance journalist Jill Carroll in Iraq earlier this year.  Mostly it’s a first-person account and it’s riveting.  After reading this first installment all I can say is that she has more guts than I could ever dream of having.

I can’t imagine having enough passion for a career that I would put my life on the line for it.  Of course this will give me a better perspective the next time I get a butt-chewing from a customer.  It could definitely be much worse.