Missed call and other non-related events
Today I learned… well, today I learned that Betelgeuse is “running out of juice”. I can’t check, because of all the snow blowing around outside, but it seems that one of the main lights in the constellation Orion is getting dimmer. Noticeably dimmer. Enough that even National Geographic has added a few words (behind a pay wall, so I don’t know exactly which words). The risk of a supernova event is growing.
Here’s the catch: astronomers cannot confirm if this is happening this month, or in a hundred thousand years. But at least, we have been warned. Now, back to regular programming.
I couldn’t resist letting some of the kids know, though. They already wonder about my sanity, so why not keep them guessing. Works for science; works for me.
Meanwhile, another day on the virtual treadmill. I leave the property so seldom that my scenery changes are entirely weather dependent. Makes it simple for anyone wanting to have a “face-to-face” moment to find me (although evidence is in that nobody is actually trying). We did have a missed call event on one of the cellphones, a few minutes ago. The message (from a west coast number) affirmed that my taxi was waiting outside.
I’m going to go out on a limb here. Since the dog didn’t bark, and since I didn’t call a taxi, this (604-###-####) is a wrong number. Meanwhile, some poor driver is wondering if this qualifies as “fake news”, leading to a sudden departure from the current location (again, not here). I am sympathetic to the cause, just not enough to try phoning the taxi and further confusing the case.
