April 17, 2005

Natural selection acting through me

I always find it interesting when people say that the "holy spirit" has "moved" through them. As an atheist, I don't get to enjoy this experience, and sometimes wonder what it must be like (to be crazy). But today, I got as close as I ever will, when a natural force moved through me - natural selection.

I was driving through campus looking for a parking space, when I saw one on a side street. I was forced to stop quickly in the intersection, and I started turning before seeing pedestrians crossing. So, I had to stop in mid-turn, in the oncoming lane of traffic, until they crossed. But as soon as they crossed I quickly accelerated, to get out of the way of oncoming traffic (and avoid being naturally selected myself). As I was going through, I saw a bird land in the crosswalk. It was too late (and dangerous) to stop, and anyways, birds seem to have some miraculous ability to avoid being hit. But not this time. When I got out of my car, I saw the bird, still in the crosswalk, but now less alive than before. Obviously, this bird hadn't perfected it's "miraculous car-avoidance" capability yet. Posted by mill1991 at April 17, 2005 02:25 PM | TrackBack

Comments

natural selection my ass, ever hear of a bike?? or dead bird karma?

Posted by: skibum at April 18, 2005 09:24 PM

You hit a bird on a crosswalk? Man. That's surely worth bonus points for difficulty. Kudos!

Posted by: Nmissi at April 24, 2005 06:46 PM
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