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Setting-Somewhere near Philly, Summer 2000
Participants- The local hero- me, and a big fucking hornets nest on the eaves of my house
The Plan-Climb up on ladder, use long stick to knock nest down, run inside and spray nest through screen window
The Result- Hornets nest came off eaves, bounces off siding, landing squarely on my chest. The hero loses his balance and falls off ladder, fracturing his ankle, his calcaneus(heel), and his shoulder, herniating a disc in his neck, and suffering massive stings while writhing in pain on the ground
Lesson- Leave the fuckers alone!!
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For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length. And there I travel, looking, looking, ...breathlessly.
-Carlos Castaneda
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