My 2 year old
Posted by supercynic on March 1, 2008
Today, my 2 year old and I visited a nearby lake. She enjoys throwing things in the lake, and I enjoy watching her not cry, scream, throw a fit, etc. There was no wind and the sky was clear blue. The surface of the lake was mirror-like. About a 1000 miles away an airplane was flying from the west leaving a contrail. That little white line reflected perfectly on the lake’s surface and my daughter got a kick out of throwing pebbles into the lake to make ripples, which then made the clear white line of the contrail squiggly. This reminded me of that saying about throwing a shell into the ocean and it causes an effect in Thailand, or some such shit like that. Here was a plane far far away leaving a reflection on a lake miles away that caused my daughter great joy in distorting by throwing pebbles in the lake. It reinforced the point that we are all interconnected in some strange, undefined way. It was a beautiful moment. Then, a mosquito bit me (no winters here in Mississippi) and, not wanting to contract West Nile and miss out on future contrail moments, we left.
Ash said
You should have taken pictures.
redneck pundit said
Exactly, what kind of Dad are you? :-)
supercynic said
RP — The kind who can at one moment comprehend that a pilot in a plane miles away has no idea that he’s creating a contrail that’s reflecting on a lake into which a youngster is tossing pebbles thereby making the clear white line squiggly thereby making her giggly, and then realizing in the next moment that it makes no sense for football referees to have numbers on their uniforms. I think it’s called neurosis, but I’m too mentally unstable to properly identify the condition I suffer from.
Yack said
My favorite referee of all time is number 99. That guy can fly down the field! Jay Hughes and I saw him run past Darell Green and Deion Sanders…the amazing part was he had a whistle in his mouth and was running backwards. He was one of the younger refs at the time…probably about 68 or so.
supercynic said
I remember that guy. If he had ref’d in the 1970s when the faster player on the team ran a 5.1, he could have called the whole backfield from a lawn chair.
Ash said
No need to include your wife