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• 1 marta // May 21, 2009 at 10:00 am

  He’s brilliant. I’ve long wondered what it is about some people who do. is it a gene, a difference in the brain, a childhood of…?

  I’d like my son to be passionate about something when he grows up–but not like scary obsessed stalker. There is a line, even if it is not clear.

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• 2 marta // May 21, 2009 at 11:47 pm

  Now I can’t decide if I want to show this is the neighbor kid. What if he sees this and goes off and breaks his neck. Sigh. It is one think to love big dreamers. Another thing to be the grown up.

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• 3 John // May 22, 2009 at 10:40 am

  marta: You familiar with the, well, I guess it’s a sport, called parkour? If I were a parent, I’d try to keep knowledge of that out of my kids’ hands for sure!

  But as a non-parenting adult, yeah, things like this guy’s bicycle stunts and parkour artists’ running appeal to me in the same way that stories about any driven individuals appeal to me. I feel serious about, intense about writing, but it feels almost lame compared to the driven intensity of guys like this.

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• 4 s.o.m.e.one's brudder // May 22, 2009 at 12:54 pm

  can you say adrenaline junkie?

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• 5 John // May 22, 2009 at 2:13 pm

  brudder: You talking about this bicycle guy? or moi? It’s gotta be the former; my normal activity level is as close to catatonia as it’s possible to be without crossing over.

  reCaptcha: it’s SEPTUMS. Somehow, that feels like it needs an exclamation point at the end.

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• 6 cynth // May 22, 2009 at 5:08 pm

  As a parent of someone who loved to do “tricks”on his bike, I can assure Marta, that the neighborhood kid has seen this and even attempted several of the moves. Someone is always pushing the envelop…I’m just glad it isn’t me. I’m with you John, on the couch with a book or laptop is my speed!

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