Do you value:

• the creation of a child?
• the creation of a new breed of cattle/sheep/cat/dog/pig/plant?
• the issuance of a new patent?

I don’t know much about what’s going on today – people eat, live and die, for all I know.

The Vatican is probably providing more details about putting ethics about into global finance/commerce.

And a friend of mine is excited about receiving word his patent application has been approved.

Meanwhile, I sliced the end of my finger while cutting apart a floor fan to install some Hokey Spokes displays for an upcoming party.

Today is a day of small wonders.

International intrigue takes a back seat to my devoting time to the average guy in me who eats at Shogun Restaurant and gets his hair trimmed at Cuts By Us.

Happiness in simplicity – that’s my longterm goal.

All the other stuff – globalising everything we do so we can more efficiently focus on transporting some of us off this planet – is just idling my time until I can forget about the rest of us and focus on writing about the beautiful, forgetful nothingness of animal and plant life in the ecosystem around me.

In the big picture, we’re forgotten.  Why waste my time pretending I’ll be remembered?

Time for a nap, cook dinner and spend the evening with my wife.

Another congrats to my friend who’s waited 3-1/2 years to get his U.S. patent.  Best wishes to him in creating a profitable market or finding a buyer who’s already staked out potential sales territory and future product enhancements.