I have had to endure countless meetings in my life. Few of them productive. Everyone seems to have an agenda counter to the purpose of the meeting. Often these creatures seem to have a life of their own, a sort of bureaucratic evolution.
Tim Kane
I’m a huge fan of puns and double meanings to words. I often wonder how much your mind would be worth. Here I split it three ways — the grey matter (the cheapest part), the intellect and the wisdom (which I feel is the most valuable). Note, the price here is for a five-year-old’s wisdom (which problem doesn’t amount to too much).
Tim Kane
I am really dating myself with this one. I still refer to audiobooks as “books on tape”. There are few favorites I’ve read in every media. “The Girl Who Loves Tom Gordon” by Stephen King, I own in hard back, soft back and audio (I’ve actually had to buy it twice, on CD and digital).
I have no idea what prompted this. It think it was the pun of “How to Maim Friends and Terrify People” and the cruel book evolved from there.
There is something about this myth that unnerves me. I think it’s the sound of the woman digging in the sand. I can imagine the quiet of the park. Realizing that you’re all alone. And then the crunch of the sand. First the footsteps and then her fingers, clawing through it. Creepy.
This legend traces back to the north of Kyushu, Japan, during the early 1980s. Accounts began to spread across the internet in the early 2010s.
Some Japanese accounts mention maru and eksu (two symbols used to grade a yes/no test). The symbol O shows a correct answer (maru) and the symbol X shows an incorrect answer (eksu). Early posts say that if you go to the maru side of the woman, you will survive, while if you go to the eksu side, you may perish.
In another account, the Sandpit Woman stands and starts walking. You instinctively follow her, but here you have a choice. If you pass the woman, she will chase you in a lap around the park. Don’t look back at her, whatever you do. If you finish the lap, you are free.
If not, then you are buried alive.
Something to ponder the next time you sit for a spell at a park. If you find yourself alone, get up and leave.
Tim Kane
