We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.—Eric Hoffer

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January 17th, 2009

#futureJer I have the house to myself. Everyone else is at church. I bareley went before the collapse, but I sure as hell don’t go now.

“Incubation requires heat,” Doug thought. “Reentry ought to do the trick,” he added and punted the geodes earthward from the asteroid belt.

#futureJer Mike and I went fishing this morning as the river’s thawed briefly. Brought back four catfish of good size. Dinner will be nice.