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Originally Posted by Highbury
It’s not just a rock. It’s forty-two pounds of polished granite, with a beveled underbelly and a handle a human can hold. In and of itself it looks like it has no practical purpose but it’s a... a repository.. of human possibility. And when it's handled just right, it exacts a kind of poetry. As close to poetry as I ever want to get. The way it moves. The way it can be moved, for ten years I've -- well, I've been around. I've drilled for oil on five continents. I’ve been in 93 countries and not once have I ever done anything that equals the grace of a well-thrown rock as it slides down a sheet.
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Ok, is it just me or does anyone else find this incredibly hot?