Progymnasmata

Next to apathy and listlessness on the long list of ideas that I hate, is this one: that in order for something to be real, it has to be measured "objectively" or that it needs "facts" to prove its reality.

So, with this proclamation of bias subjectivity in mind, here's my list of things that are real, but (alas!) unmeasurable:

1. Love
2. The stink of a fart
3. Any understanding of the divine
4. The idea of wilderness
5. The toughness of a chick-a-dee as it sleeps in a spruce tree during a long winter night of -35 (C)
6. Feeling alone in a crowd
7. The calm of a mid-day nap on an otherwise busy day
8. The honesty of a toddler's laugh
9. The value of money
10. that the dancing banana emoticon should be shot, peeled, mushed, made into a tasty bread, then toasted and served with a pat of butter.