sobering

That was the sobering message that port Executive Director Gene Seroka had Thursday for the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners during an update on port activity.

As archaeologists used to reconstructing the past from the fragments left behind, the erratically preserved remnants of our house are a sobering reminder of how many of a site’s most meaningful objects simply disappear.

And even when the Dodgers have swung at the right pitches, they haven’t done much with them; a sobering reality that became all the more apparent in Sunday’s nationally televised rubber match loss.

The gig, as good as it was, also served as a sobering reality check that a big break still required patience.

"It's very sobering. Myanmar has been hit by so many disasters, some natural, some human made. Everyone's just gotten so tired. We are feeling hopeless and helpless."