Saw that the clue online hadn't been updated yet, so I figured a
resubmit might be in order for those eager boxer's heading out into
the chill this weekend.

Jan 1, 2004

Beldin stirred from his dream and sat upright. He then awoke from
that dream and sat bolt upright. After which he shook himself into
consciousness once moreand simply refused to sit upright again.

"Waking and dreaming seem to have merged into a single phenomenon of
late," reflected Beldin; "so much so that I may have slept unawares
for several months. Perhaps it is time to explore new realms."

Shaking the desire to contemplate further if he indeed was awake,
Beldin set off down the trail. He made absolutely no notes of
reference either to bridge, birch or brook. If he was simply
dreaming again, what good would it do to count paces or estimate
random bearings?

"Well, my pants look no worse for the wear, but my awareness is due
to be patched with a new outlook on existence," Beldin declared. "I
will travel in abstract leaps for a time."

Beldin approached a rock wall along the trail. With particular
attention to being random, he hopped over the wall, slalomed around
several cubby-holed trees and then initiated an arbitrary teleport
losing himself, well, quite entirely.

"Hmm, that's strange: I have the sudden desire to eat oatmeal and to
knit in eastern Pennsylvania."

Directly downhill from that desire, Beldin contemplated crossing a
stream upon a log. Unfortunately he tripped on his own ingenuity
and found his foot had gotten stuck beneath the adjacent boulder.

"Forget it! I'm not resting this time; I'll just wait for someone to
happen by and give me an assist."