Won, Forrest, Won!
* I have decided to edit this from the previous version Was going to name this blog post "The Gospel According to Forrest." I had been beaten to the punch. Several citations already. From what I watched, my take on Forrest is a bit different than others. So, off we going running. On my runs to the river and back, a five mile route, I run through Columbia, Pa. It is a hard-luck town with a depressed economy and a proud but beat-up people. Most of them seriously out of shape and obese. Columbia ain't going to win any beauty contest. During my runs, it is not unusual for people to make comments. Recently, the comment du jour has been "Run, Forrest, Run." The other day, a young lady slowed down with her window rolled down and said it to me from about 8 feet away. The other incident recently was a group of teens hanging out. That happened about two weeks before the second Forrest comment. There was a third yelled from a decrepit house. In all 3 cases, those ...