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Holland, MI. Lots of Christian Reformed and Reformed Church of America institutions...
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2012 Goals:
#1: Do what I can do.
#2: Finish and enjoy a full Ironman
And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed. -- Dr. Seuss
I pick up worms off the wet pavement and toss them into the grass (as long as there is not too many) when I'm out running after a rain. Not sure if I've gotten any payback on that. (Maybe worms don't count.) MTA before SRL chimes in and says of course worrms are bad at math.
I pick up worms off the wet pavement and toss them into the grass (as long as there is not too many) when I'm out running after a rain. Not sure if I've gotten any payback on that. (Maybe worms don't count.)
MTA before SRL chimes in and says of course worrms are bad at math.
When it's raining there's a reason those worms are taking a walk. They are trying to avoid drowning. You probably are just changing the mode of their demise by tossing them back into the grass.
there is definitely no such thing as luck. or absolutes.
In an infinite universe, the one thing sentient life cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion
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Giddyup.
When I think of worms, I think of the dancing thingies in Eraserhead.
Ultima tastes like failure.
Yeah I know they are getting out of saturated ground, but they'll either get squashed by a car or shrivel up when it drys out. Maybe I should put them all in my pocket and take them home to the garden.
twins!!!! ok, I don't put them in my pocket, but I've moved my share :-)
- Anya
are you serious?
Imaginary Space Filler
I even save the worms swimming in the gutter....and take them all to live in my compost heap behind the house. Wormy heaven.
I guess I was wrong http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-earthworms-surface-after-rain
Thank god! I was worried :-)
Very interesting, thanks!
tipsy chicks
Heh, Calvin College is in nearby Grand Rapids!
Kirsten
'07: 1324.5 ••• '08: 1561 ••• '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike ••• '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike ••• '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike
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Interesting about the worms...
lottery tickets: there used to be this ad campaign for them in Canada, I can't remember all the details, except for "just imagine......the dream.....". Anyway, the point of the ad was, WE know you won't win, YOU know you won't win, but for 2 bucks you can dream about winning millions. Being blunt about it I guess.
"During a marathon, I run about two-thirds of the time. That's plenty." - Margaret Davis, 85 Ed Whitlock regarding his 2:54:48 marathon at age 73, "That was a good day. It was never a struggle."
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Shit happens. Or not.
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