Many people have had the unfortunate experience of being rear-ended in their car. Similarly, many people have had the unfortunate experience of hitting a pedestrian with their car. However, I would wager that few people have had the experience of their car being rear-ended by a pedestrian. A bizarre situation that I have managed to encounter.
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Daniel’s Eggs
I love my brother. I really do. But I would be remiss in my duties as an older brother if I did not make a reasonable effort to embarrass him as publicly as possible. I could tell the story of the time he accidentally fell out of a tree while trying to jump from one branch to another (he claims he wasn’t). I could tell the story of the time he accidentally broke his arm while trying to impress his girlfriend (he claims he wasn’t). Instead, I will tell the story of the time he accidentally made scrambled eggs while trying to make brownies (he offers no defense).
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Long ago, there was a great battle that was forgotten with time. Long before some monkeys learned to hit each other with sticks, wars were waged on a much grander scale. Entire clades of species conducted an arms race against each other that spanned eons. In this conflict, the entirety of human history is only the blink of an eye. Simply a single moment.
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