I was reminded today of a Dave Barry quote that goes something like this:

"Life is like a video game...it gets harder and harder and every once in a while inexplicably hostile forces try and kill you."

Well, a few months ago, after nearly getting stabbed, I decided to move out of my ghetto neighborhood, and into one of the safest cities over 50,000 people in America.  It's nice, quiet, and I go hiking quite a bit. 

And guess what, lots of rattlesnakes.  Hmmm....guess one can't play it safe anywhere.  Even after I poked and prodded the guy in the picture, he still wouldn't get out of the way.  So I turned around...not up to the snake handling stage of my life yet.

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