081313 #copperhead So finally, just like that, I do. But isn't that really always the way it works? I mean, really, when you think about it. No matter the decision, there's always a time when you're not doing it, and then there's a time when you are doing it. No matter how momentous or trivial, one ultimate bit gets flipped. A one becomes a zero, or a zero becomes a one, and that's it. You're off. No matter how long you deliberate at the end of the high dive, staring at the crazy-waving black lines at the bottom of the pool, knowing someone is in line behind you, hearing the drone of a thousand anonymous judges not looking at you—are they?—no matter how many endless minutes you stand there, dripping, mostly naked, mortal, there is always one instant when you are no longer standing there.