Reading a story that mentions the 4th of July. Why is it big kids get bottle rockets, and little kids get sparklers? You make sure that a bottle rocket isn't pointed at a propane tank or someone's head, and you're golden. A sparkler is a fuse slow-burning at over 2000 degrees, held out in your hand 6 inches from your flesh. Why do we choose to give *this* to our six year olds? When I was in, dunno, maybe 4th grade, I was playing with a sparkler when a huge cherry fell into the grass. I went to smother it before it could light something on fire, forgetting that my sandal had broken earlier and my foot was now completely bare. Instant 2nd degree burn. Sparklers: dangerous business.
Then again, these are the musings of a man who took the equation "steep grade hill + bad bike breaks + car" and made it equal = picasso face. (The recorded transcription, for your pleasure: "sand" "oops" "shit." "CRACK" "ow." "...my nuts hurt.")
Then again, these are the musings of a man who took the equation "steep grade hill + bad bike breaks + car" and made it equal = picasso face. (The recorded transcription, for your pleasure: "sand" "oops" "shit." "CRACK" "ow." "...my nuts hurt.")