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Two Things I Remember

11/25/2014

Two things I remember:

I was five years old. I was sitting on Po-Shack’s front porch with her one day and I asked her what was the difference between people and animals. If you were raised by wild dogs would you think you were a wild dog?

Wolf boy picture credit:
Collab Wolf Boy by eneleven

When I was older I asked Dad why “you” couldn’t go faster than the speed of light. We couldn't figure it out. We were both very Newtonian.

http://www.tutorsglobe.com

I still don’t get it.

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Eighth Grade Field Trip

11/20/2014

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Image, Saturday Evening Post 1962

When I was in eighth grade at South School in the spring of 1962 we went on a field trip to Evansville. On the way back someone threw a sandwich out the window and it hit a car going the other direction. The driver reported to the school that the sandwich had broken the windshield of the car. When we got back to the school we had to line up around the perimeter of the gym. We were told we would have to stand there until someone confessed to throwing the sandwich out the window. I think this was before littering was against the law so I think we were there because of that driver. After a few minutes someone stepped forward and confessed. I don’t know if he was guilty, but he was brave.

I was telling my wife this story today and she asked me what happened to the boy. I told her I didn’t know because I never saw him again. The truth is I don’t remember who it was and I have felt bad about my response to the incident ever since. Like Spartacus’ men (“I’m Spartacus.” “No, I’m Spartacus!) I wish I had stepped forward and said, “No, I threw the sandwich.” Maybe the rest of the eighth graders would have joined us rather than throwing him to the wolves for what most of us would have done if we had a soggy sandwich.

If it was you that threw the sandwich, I’m sorry. You are a brave man.

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Sunday: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse

11/16/2014

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A Guide to Different Kinds of Parallel Universes www.pbs.org imageSciSource_SH0248_500

Sunday:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse

I’ve watched too much TV today
My head hurts again.
I am confused.
I feel used.

Science Channel says universes are infinite
Where everything can happen.
There is me watching too much TV.
There is a world all me, where we all agree.

60 Minutes say California is going dry
But somewhere there is a real “Water World”
And a world where everyone is kind,
And no one is left behind.

The Walking Dead is only a show.
It could never happen here.
But in that Universe far away
The zombies lurk every day.

The Good Wife isn’t so good.
She’s not always nice or fair.
Except a million light years away
Where she is perfect every day.

Madam Secretary is quick on the draw.
She is always right on target.
To boldly go where no man has gone before.
And Madam Secretary is needed no more.

I’ve watched too much VT today
My heads hurt again.
We are unused.
We feel diffused.

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Two Things I Remember

Eighth Grade Field Trip

Sunday: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse

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