S.H.I.T.

A long time ago people realized that cow manure made great fertilizer. Becuase it was such a great fertilizer it was often dried out and shipped to other countries in boats, obviously it would be much lighter when dry. However, boats back in the 1700's and such would often times take on water and the cargo would get wet, so this boxed manure would get wet and produce methane gas which is highly explosive- as most gases tend to be. Many a ship was blown up becuase upon inspection of the cargo, a lantern would be used and as you would guess- the lantern would ignite the methane gas. To avoid this unpleasant mishap- boxes that were filled with manure were marked- "Ship High In Transit". As Americans often abbreviate everything, the word was abbreviated to S.H.I.T.

Here lately I feel like something that needs to be shipped high in transit. I have not played ultimate frisbee in 4 consecutive weeks. To me, frisbeeness is next to Godliness. It is the purging of my soul, it is my lifeblood and I have let other things get in the way of what is precious to me. Worse, I have a wedding to be in this weekend and I will miss frisbee again. I can think of nothing more horrible than this- 5 weeks in a row- this has not happened to me in the 3+ years I have been playing. I am about to implode.