WC #15: Implications of Natural Redundancy

“Your existence is demonstrative of the INRF,” the gorilla continues.

My sister appears to be paralyzed with fear, so I ask, “The INRF?

He deftly pulls himself into a low-hanging tree branch. From above us he says, “The Inherent Natural Redundancy Factor. It exists primarily in the three most cognitively advanced and uniquely similar species on this planet. They are, in order of sentient dominance, dolphins, gorillas, and humans.”
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Joie de Vivre

I miss walking. I do.

No, I didn’t fall and break both my legs or become a quadriplegic (I spelled that right on the first try, FYI) overnight. I am still able to move both my legs and walk. I just don’t as much.
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Branching Out

I suppose there comes a time when all writers get to that “Okay. What now?” phase of their craft. When the dreary malaise of writing another goddamn blog about cats or peanuts or creamed corn or whatever just begins to sit on your shoulder like a stereotypical parrot in a bad Johnny Depp film.

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WC #14

Golly gee Mister, I have never seen anything like the display you put on last…

Everyone Knows His Name

Most of the regulars knew him by first and last name, most called him by the…