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Weekly Contest #357
Martha and me, we’re having this argument. It’s about the threshold of age, when life does things to you, instead of you doing things to life. Martha says we’ve crossed that threshold, that we’re too old now to do anything of meaning. She said we’re like an engine block run out of oil. “Waiting for the pistons to seize.” I disagree. I say we’ve got plenty to do, and that sitting here, getting old and fat, is a waste of our human potential.“Who you calling fat?” Martha says.“I’m not calling anyone fat,” I tell her, but she’s stopped listening...
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