Legendary Woodsman

Do you know someone who tells the same story over-and-over again? Sometimes you let them finish because maybe this time it will end differently. Can you quote this someone?

Well, I am not that someone.

You might think that’s great because you get tired of hearing the same story repeatedly- but it’s actually a little sad. I don’t know why I don’t do it. I sometimes feel it’s out of consideration. I don’t want to be a nuisance and sound like a broken record.

A lot of the times it’s because I got it out of my system. I told somebody once and it’s done. Opportunities to celebrate are missed because… meh. I can’t tell you how many times I’m driving on the road and I think of something I could post on twitter but when I get to my destination the feeling passes and I just move on with my day. And I’m talking about monumental ideas! Life changers! But I’m selfish and will keep it to myself. Only-child syndrome, I suppose.

And sometimes it’s the desire to be original. That topic that people have harped on about… let’s change the subject. Did I mention this before? Maybe I should come up with something new – something different.

Even if it just feels familiar, I’ll want to move away from the theme. I’ll avoid making Aqualad codpiece puns because someone else may think of it (and partially because it’s in poor-taste). Please have the last sentence stricken from the record. It’s a pretty obvious joke if you think about it. Stop thinking about it.

I really should begin repeating myself. Sometimes things are so awesome that the opportunity should not be missed. It’s possible that you missed it the first time anyway. So when I was going to write about my highschool dance I didn’t have to change the theme to discuss repeating myself. Unless, of course, you’ve heard it already.

I wouldn’t want to be inconsiderate.

-tony

A while back, I was talking to my friends and somehow I mentioned the old trick of balancing a soda pop can on an angle and my friends had no idea what I was talking about. I was surprised because I learned this trick back in school and I thought everyone knew about this since all knowledge is passed down through the playgrounds. With it being the future times, now, I suppose all knowledge is on the interweb… so here’s my blog post about the old soda pop can trick:

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The science (or magic… whatever your preference) behind it is that there is still some liquid in the can but not too much or too little that the can will want to rest on its bottom or on its side. You need the Goldilocks amount… the amount that is “just right.”

let's pretend you have x-ray vision

I was taught to drink a little, carefully try out the balance, if there is still too much, drink a little more. But be careful, if there’s not enough in there to weigh it down, it won’t work either. I’ve read on some sites that 100mL will do it for you.

And now you know how to do this trick on purpose, all those times you did it by accident don’t count.

-tony