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What if the Hokey-Pokey IS what it’s all about?

Secret Worlds: The Universe Within

View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons.
Powers of 10

Joe and I sometimes talk about what advertisements for religions would look like. For instance, if you were going to try and attract more people to the Mormon church, you could mention that there is the possibility of having as many wives as you want, if that’s your thing. Catholics can get high on all that insense in the churches and Baptists get to sing really loud even if they can’t sing well at all. Those things might be really appealing to certain kinds of people. Jehovah Witnesses, however, really have no good marketing scheme available. They don’t let you celebrate holidays or have birthdays. What kind of people are these that never let you get older? Hey. If you’re born as a JW, how do you know how old you are? Wait. If I join now can I stay 33 forever?

Let me tell you a story about a woman named Margot.

Margot Winters is rad.

That could be the end of the story because the statement is so all inclusive, but if you are looking for a home or selling a home here in the San Diego area, this is where you can find an honest, no nonsense real estate agent that has your best interest at heart.

My kids just left for a 3 week long vacation in Tampa, Florida where, as my son said, all the geriatrics live. Someone pointed out that grandparents have granddaughters and hopefully there will be some girls his age there.

In other news, a job I was hoping for didn’t come to fruition. It’s a setback but not insurmountable. Joe and I are still planning on moving to the LA area, closer to where the kids live. I’m looking at new job options and ironically, he’s already got offers on the table when he wasn’t really looking yet. That’s my Joe.

Joe’s family is in town and we had a really wonderful day at the beach with both sides of the family. I enjoy meeting the people that are important to him. We are both lucky to come from loving, caring families.

Today’s first: I got pooped on by a bird flying overhead. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. However, it didn’t go in my mouth. That, my friend, would have been much, much worse.

A: Knock Knock.
M: Who’s there.
A: Interrupting Cow.
M: Interrupt—
A: MOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

If it were your favorite novel, you’d be 2/3rds the way through the book and just about to find out who murdered Dr. Hunt but not believe it entirely because you’re waiting for the twist at the end.

If it were a video game, you’d have just finished level 22 and about to go through stocking up on some really awesome tools of warfare for the boss on level 23, knowing that it would take a miracle for you to win since you’ve never been to this particular boss before and you’re low on ‘life’ power.

If it were a movie, you’d have finished your popcorn about 15 minutes ago and drank so much of your soda that you have to use the bathroom but can’t get up because you don’t want to miss any of the last part of the movie.

If you were 11 and playing at your best friend’s house, it would be right after you got done playing kick-the-can in the dark. You won the game and know that your fame will outlive you in your neighborhood and you are about to find out if you will sneak out later and TP someone’s house.

But it’s really just my life. I’ve been out of work for a few weeks now. I have nothing in savings and no prospects except one. And the job I want is not in San Diego, away from Mr. Joe San Diego, which is very sad, but it’s in Sherman Oaks which is close to my kids, which is good. And it pays better than anything I can find in my area. So, I’ve made it through 2 call-backs and will be going to the third either on Friday or early next week to meet the Boss. It’s been a lot of driving back and forth and I’ve become very intimate with the traffic between here and there which wears on me. But I really want this job now. The more I learn about the company, the more I want to be a part of what they are doing.

I’m not sure about anything in my future. What a strange place to be. But, a good one since it’s honest.