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When you run among signs of lions and bears, a useful sleight involves open air recitals of hard won truth. There are over 200 kinds of snails in Arizona. Coconut oil has 14 grams of saturated fat per serving. We are likely to discover extraterrestrial signals within the next 20 years. Gallo did in fact serve a great deal of wine before its time. If you were to go back in time to fix your worst mistake, the result would be that the children you now love with all your heart would never have come into being. The mistakes you avoid today mean that something you would have loved in the future has likewise been eliminated from possibility. The noise behind you is a bicycle. The trees that have fallen grew tall and thin in order to fight the dying of the light. If you have a rotten soul, avoiding your soul mate is a wise course of action. There are no lions here, because the scent of dogs is overwhelming. There are no bears, because the soil is thin and barren. There are over 200 types of snails in a great desert state and by extension my fears are insignificant.

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eclectic said…
Beer is proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy. Everclear is 190 proof. Single malt scotch is perfect proof.

Also: friendship is bullet-proof; I only wish it helped.
January 30, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Brandon said…
Everclear is 190 proof. That's nearly twice as much proof as truth. I never thought of it that way.
January 30, 2012 at 5:41 PM
You can call me, 'Sir' said…
Did you know that if you place a strawberry in a mason jar full of ~190-proof sippin' likker, that the strawberry will sacrifice its color for the ability to provide you a ticket to Drunkville (Population: You) with a single bite? If only we could all be so selfless.
January 30, 2012 at 8:25 PM
Brandon said…
come out with shari and matt and kerri anne and me on our summer hike and we will let you prove this, science man.
January 30, 2012 at 8:35 PM
Summer said…
The mistakes you avoid today mean that something you would have loved in the future has likewise been eliminated from possibility.

Stop it, wouldya?
January 30, 2012 at 9:34 PM
Dave2 said…
And so... you're saying that my morning cup of coconut oil is probably not such a good idea after all?
January 30, 2012 at 10:57 PM
Brandon said…
summer, yeah that feels like a handmade get out of jail free card. i'm not sure it's allowable.

dave, dear god man get to a hospital now and leave me your iMac.
January 31, 2012 at 6:36 AM
matt said…
Night runs always re-awaken cougar fears for me, and so, when the other night coming back out of the foothills on a dark and quite empty road I heard low growling, I immediately froze. After a few more growls, I realized it was my stomach I was hearing - and then nearly pissed myself with relief. Which, I suppose, is just a long-winded way of saying I can relate.

(I wish I could say my distractions were such a list of hard won truths, but usually it's just motivation to run harder.)
February 1, 2012 at 11:21 AM
Brandon said…
yeah, you know, that line was from a run the other day. the trail is devastated from all the fallen trees, and it's driven the animals out. i came across a deer that seemed so shocked and out of sorts, it didn't run off when it saw me, just a few feet away. there was cougar scat a little further ahead on the asphalt. needless to say, it got under my skin.
February 1, 2012 at 7:00 PM
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