This Event Is Cancelled (T.E.I.C.) 2026: For The Birds

🦚”For the birds,” is an idiom thought to originate around World War II, from the sight of birds pecking at horse manure for seeds. It means something, “not worth consideration,” or, “unimportant,” per the Oxford English Dictionary. I couldn’t think of a better example for the burner experience. When you talk to people about the lived experience of a burn, you can get the response, “I don’t really do camping, or whatever.” Describing a burn as camping is incomplete, even inaccurate. Just as a group of animals foraging for food is the furthest thing from unimportant in their lives. Burns are nourishment for the soul. We know they’re important and that they are absolutely worth considering and so much more!So, what is your take on, “For the Birds”? Is it something important disguised as something bland? A frivolity few discuss or reflect on? Building a giant cage and subsisting entirely on millet?Regardless, burns are the nourishing seeds we find in the complex compost of life. They’re hard work, messy, and can sometimes be a little smelly. But, anyone who says they’re not important is full of more than just seeds.

Be mindful of the feathers. Birds can leave them behind, but we sure can’t!

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