a big psychological milestone

"A Big Psychological Milestone," December 31, 2022 (#365)

title from Fever Pitch (2005)

The Edge (1997)

Postcards from the Edge (1990)

Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon (2013)

The Edge of the Swamp: A Study in the Literature and Society of the Old South by Louis D. Rubin, Jr. (1989)

penultimate line from "Edge of Reality" by Elvis Presley (1970)

last line from "The Promised Land" on Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen (1978)

A Big Psychological Milestone

This is what I'm talking about. See? That's what I want for tomorrow.

You can't see what the problem is. This anger's not about me

falling noticeably short of fond amusement. She must see a lot of

the fascinating and growingly influential body of writings on the

scheme to develop this lake...and I think that you could appreciate

a lot of dialogue, so we need total cooperation. Also, keep in mind

colleagues in on breaks from work struggling not to laugh too loud

reborn into purity through willed innocence, and the inevitable realization

we're gonna walk out of here. You do as I say, now, okay? I'm gonna

just hold that thought. Hold it between your knees. Or would you

manage by means of a landslide to entomb some white-skinned

girl with the nameless name on the edge of reality, where she

runs cold? Sometimes I feel so weak I just want to explode.

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1-1-22 of art by Georgia O'Keefe

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