~9.4 min@ ~18.9 min/mi

"... 'Tis but a scratch — ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man!" quoth a nip-victim, garbling the Bard. A playful greyhound makes new friends in North Four Corners Park; the tale expands in retelling to a heroic dogfight. Geese monitor the finish line for a 2:10 lap at the track, payment in advance for Starbucks iced coffee. A moon-physician wears a star-stethoscope at the all-night urgent care center. Midges, or maybe tadpoles, tickle the surface of a pond.

"Beyond Competition?" International relations (and human life in general) might be far more productive if cooperation replaced fighting. "Scaling?" How can little children (and adults) learn about great distances in space and time, cosmology, evolution, etc.? "Where do Unicorns come from?" 🔥 & 🐻y explain the Facts of Life for legendary creatures to 🤖. "Enterprise Risk Management – so we have the press releases ready!" Somebody recently took a course in ERM under the misapprehension it was compulsory. Oops!

(trackfile) - ^z - 2021-08-24