On Mushrooming Ailments

Outside the Periphery.

A gross oversimplification of the human population might categorize folks into two groups: the risk-takers and everyone else. If you fall into the former, you'll likely spend your 29th birthday (not 30th) skydiving over snow-capped mountains, your backpacking trip through Europe on motorcycle instead of foot, and walking through the gutters of New York City without mere acknowledgment for oncoming traffic. For the rest of us, skydiving and motorcycles coincide with midlife crises and prozac, and looking both ways is second nature whether we're crossing the street or using the water cooler. And in between our (non) adventures, we learn from the risk-takers how to grasp the occasional adrenaline rush while simultaneously escaping death with the calculated precision of 'everyone else.' Enjoy!