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Glad tidings exist among the distressing reports of new shootings, North Korean nuclear tests, and the fact that billions of years from now our universe may simply be replace by a new one . It has something to do with the concept known as vacuum instability. But probably none of us will be here in billions of years. What are these rays of hope. Well, first for all you giant armadillo lovers a baby was born in a Brazilian zoo. That is great news as they are very rare and seldom seen in the wild. And in the realm of wild life a rare Sumatran tiger was born in a US zoo. Maybe that was cg species that starred in the Life of Pi. Once again I have not been invited to the Oscars so one again I don’t have to worry about what to wear on the red carpet. What a relief.

To all of you that are in school or working, thank you. Retirement leaves a void once filled by getting up before the sun came up, listening to NPR on the long drive to LACES and then responding to the bells. One thing I really don’t miss is finding four people ahead of me in the bathroom with class about start. And it is nice to get paid for not working. Perhaps I should volunteer for a worthy cause like clearing land mines or be a docent at the two-headed snake museum. There is a lot time to look at my iPhone 5 waiting for something important to happen. So far nothing of note. Am studying Spanish online and progressing very slowly. I need one of those universal translators from Star Trek.

Maybe I will write the next great American novel about an old man who fights with a great white whale while floating down the Mississippi during the French Revolution. Look for it on Amazon. If I get rich I will share it with all of you and give part of it to the scientific study of cloning a unicorn. My you have a wonderful and enriching day.

Several news sources had articles about the killing abilities of the house cat. It seems that they slay billions of birds and even more billions of little mammals. And usually not the dreaded rat. Little bunnies and chipmunks and other furry little critters are their prey. Now I would not like to be attacked by a herd of rabid rabbits or crazed chipmunks. But in a world of fewer little mammals might their tastes change? I would not like to be the first humans brought down by a prowling pack of predatory Persians. That being said, my late semi-outdoor cat, Jellybean, was perhaps the worst hunter in feline history. She once brought a live mocking bird into our house. I managed to get the bird outside and it was really mad. Usually she brought a sock, a glove, and often times a leaf.

Speaking of billions, another article stated that there may be four and one-half billion earth like planets in our very own Milky Way. What if each of these is a parallel world and that all of our what if’s are lived out. What if one you dumped you didn’t and they were beautiful or handsome? Or maybe they were serial killers or vampire slayers. What if a school had me grading a zillion papers and doing all kinds of great things and Mr Rutschman just stood in front of a class with his hat on backwards saying whatever popped into his stream of consciousness? There would be no end of weirdness. And on the subject of weirdness, moles are blind but they smell in stereo. They use this ability to find food. Can you see yourself in a giant mole tunnel and hear the creature coming toward you tracking with that stereo snout?