Bruce Lee famously feared the man who practiced one punch a thousand times.

Here are some other things Bruce Lee feared.

A big clock with a boxing glove on the end of the second hand and every time it ticks it also punches you.

A bunch of bats flying together in the shape of a fist that punches you.

A special fruit called punch fruit that has edible seeds but the seeds are actually little fists and when you eat them they punch your insides.

A guy with two fists on one arm so every time he punches you he's double punching you.

A bunch of birds flying together in the shape of a fist that punches you.

A bunch of fish swimming together in the shape of a fist that punches you when you're underwater.

His older brother, specifically after his older brother trained a bunch of mosquitoes to fly together in the shape of a fist that punches you and sucks your blood also.

A punch called the dehydration punch that can punch all the water out of you.

An overly large cigarette with a fist on the end of it and when someone smokes it and exhales the smoke it sends out of a bunch of smoke fists that punch you.

A punch car that punches you.

Being held down and punched by a bunch of angry dudes that are good at punching.

Those are the other things Bruce Lee feared that they won't teach you about in school. You can find more stuff like this in my upcoming book.

the invaluable understrapper of the wicked man

 "Picked and prudent sentiments. You are the moderate man, the invaluable understrapper of the wicked man. You, the moderate man, may be used for wrong, but are useless for right."

Herman Melville with some absolute heat

last day of the first season of Rocky Top Summer Camp

 it's small but it's mine

the trick of memory

 the other day I was reminded of the Dolly Sods backpacking trip I led back in 2021. I watched some clips of videos I took and thought, 'wow. that was like the best time of my life. I would give anything to be able to do that again.'

But then! I remembered that I was also like annoyed the whole time. Or, not the whole time. There were a lot of great moments. It was a really special trip. But there were plenty of times where I was annoyed or frustrated. 

But maybe it's not a mean trick that memory plays on you. To only remember what was good and special about it. 

Maybe it's a sign that you should let stuff go more. That all those little things are going to fade away anyway. So why bother getting worked up about it in the first place? 

Hmmm hmmm much to consider

I'll tell you what I did do though that I was rarely annoyed with. WINTER CAMPING. Go find that post from March 15th, 2013. 

I'd run that back in a SECOND.

Trips I'd Run Back (ranked)

-Winter Camping 2013

-Costa Rica 2023

-Dolly Sods 2021

-Florida 2022

-Costa Rica 2020 and Florida 2024

better look for clues

 I try to get the camp bus back at the gym right at 4 so that pick up happens fast and there isn't a lot of sitting around at the end of the day and so I've started this bit called 'looking for clues' where if we're going to get back too early I go to a random parking lot and drive around in circles and tell the kids to "look for clues". 

And then they yell at me, "what are we doing?! are we lost? we need to go to rocky top? why are you doing this?!"

And I go, "I don't know guys there's a lot of mysteries out there. We just gotta look for clues."

And then that kills like 2 minutes at most but it makes me laugh.

I'll tell you what's more fun than social media

 playing hide and sick in the woods and you're lying on the ground behind a log and there's a tiny little window where you can see the seeker perfectly and they can't see you.

that's what social media is trying to be.

except without leaves and dirt and occasional bird noises

 I saw a post today that reminded me of Maw Maw. 

The post said "Likes can never love you like one who does."

I never take for granted that I've got a Maw Maw that loves me.

built a PVC strike zone this weekend

 thanks to shembus for the help

excited to debut it at camp

we were in the woods with camp the other day

 A boy I coach said, "Andy! Come over here and look at this!"

And I went over expecting to see like a cool rock or a frog or a snake or some berries or something and he was pointing down at the ground and my eyes were scanning all around and he said, "Look at the flowers."

And they were the tiniest little pink and purple flowers at the end of these long thin wisps. He said, "they're beautiful."

Dang. Got me in my feels. What a guy.

gonna build a pvc strikezone this weekend

 stay tuned

 yeah so outside is mostly safe. those clouds up there will stay up there. sometimes, very rarely, trees can fall over but that's really unlikely. basically it's safe to be outside. try not to get too much sun. that can be bad. But like mostly it's safe and you don't have to worry about anything.

Oh yeah but sometimes a bolt of light hotter than the Sun will come out of the clouds and explode anything it touches and it makes the loudest noise you've ever heard in your life. 

so watch out for that.

the little crab visits me

 the little crab

but a sad italian boy

he knocks on my door

his face is distraught

tears smeared across his face section

"Andy! Andy! O! It is terrible

I read your blog about grass and whether moving is any good.

I go to streets to hear what the people have to say.

The people

they say nothing.

I ask,

'Do you think moving is any good?'

They look at me like I am crazy.

Yours is a wind that does not blow the leaves upon the trees."

I say

"Now now dear crab.

The wind that blows the leaves upon the trees reeks of bird vomit.

But see the wind that moves the clouds?

Far away. Unknowable. Unfelt.

But moving all the same."

The crab say,

"Oh! Now I understand. Yours is the wind that blows the clouds!"

I say,

"No. No. No not at all. I'm like one of those little fans bus drivers have that just blow on them."

you ever think about what it's like to be grass

 you just stay in one spot all day

with your buds

so much stuff doesn't move around

all I'm saying is

I'm not sold on moving around

it could be a mistake

let's just see how it all plays out

I'm not a gambling man by nature but this was forced on me

by my own parents no less

the 20 rib eyes for $39 truck

 this is true.

from my window, I have seen a large box truck driving around and adorned on its side in massive letters is 20 RIB EYES FOR $39 with pictures of said rib eye steaks.

people love to comment on videos of caves and cavers "this is optional btw"

as if optional things didn't give life purpose

as if a life bereft of optional things is worth living at all

well it sure is awful dangerous

WOE!

Woe unto the man that lives his life out of necessity and safety for he is not a man at all but a worm and an insult to wormkind at that!

I salute you 20 rib eyes for $39 truck

not only for your value

but for your value

the axiom of the universe

because it can it must

because it can it must

one of these days

but never 

two of these days

or

three of these days

or

four of these days

Fermat's Last Theorem states that are no three positive integers x, y, and z that satisfy the equation x^n + y^n = z^n for any integer value of n greater than 2.

In other words, the Pythagorean Theorem, a^2 + b^2 = c^2 doesn't apply to higher exponent numbers. There is no way to make a^3 + b^3 = c^3.

In Goodstein's Only Theorem, there is no number n (greater than 1) that makes the phrase n of these days make sense.

3-5 business days

 I don't like that term. 

Oh it'll take 3 to 5 business days.

It'll take 7 to 10 business days.

Business.

What a wretched enterprise.

No act as deplorable as business should deserve the distinction of its own brand of days.

Say you what you really mean-

NOT WEEKENDS!

It'll arrive in 3 to 5 days NOT WEEKENDS.

Don't count the weekends!

3 to 80 days days not counting weekends.

Oh but business days is more efficient phrasing.

As if I, Shmandy, would be moved by the devil's slippery logic of the tongue.

ha ha

 you guys ever think about the sunset?

where does it go?

the only way

the only way we could ever find out

is if we got a really fast horse

like so fast

the fastest horse

in the world

the whole entire earth fastest horse 

ever

and chased the sun beyond the horizon

then we'd just ask the horse

things I'll remember from today

 hearing the cat-themed parody of Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit, Smells Like Cat Litter

drill a hole in a little rock with a different little rock

we hiked to this waterfall and if you climb up the waterfall there's other pools and things and this boy I was with wanted to keep following the river and find the source and I also feel that same urge to just follow a trail or river and see where it goes

I made up this french character who was visiting American summer camp and the kids didn't like the accent and found it annoying

why is one rat bigger than another rat?

is that fair? is it fair for a rat to be bigger than another rat? how did it get that way? did it eat more rat food? was it more efficient at turning the food it got into more rat? was it some other rat growth factor? is the biggest rat in the world the best rat in the world?

don't worry about these things. they are foolish. what matters is that the rats are friends. instead of thinking about what separates the rats. think about what unites the rats. in this way, the rats can build a house so strong that the cat army cannot destroy it. they bring their cat tanks but it cannot stop the impenetrable walls of friendship fortified by rat ingenuity.

Crab takes a peak in the door to see Andy facing the corner of the room holding things in his hands and talking to himself. Guess he's doing alright. thinks Crab. 

respond to the show ok goodnight

 this song scares me.

it kind of reminds me of Angus the prize winning hog in parts.

In response to the anti-dwelling statements, they seem to suggest that one should go and follow the money instead and pursuing money for the sake of money is clearly an illness.

so, yeah. But it seems like they're doing the thing where they're like 'oh we're what evil people sound like.'

It's a good song.

Another thing I want to say is that this week we have a group that is content to sit and enjoy each other's company and wow does it feel good. It's so nice. like they don't need distractions or mediation to avoid conflict. dang. shoutout chill group.