Austin and I have been watching Cosmos lately
and it is amazing. I love having Neil DeGrasse Tyson explain the universe to
me. I love that he is both an accomplished scientist and a powerful
communicator. (And it makes me want to be an astrophysicist.) I love
the blend of science and poetry and imagination and wonder (he says things
like "we are made of star-stuff.") I love that he is matter-of-fact
about evolution – he makes no apologies for science. After a long day, it's
nice to kick back, listen to Neil, and remember how small I am and how
amazing the universe really is.
We have had a fruit fly problem lately, probably
since we've left some of our fruits and veggies from the CSA out on the
counter. Austin set an apple cider vinegar trap in a wine glass and
caught a bunch – there is photographic evidence that I will not share
here – but now they're back and bigger than before, and the traps are
not working. Our theory is that the hedonist fruit flies drowned and
the fruit flies who aren't tempted by vinegar survived and
reproduced, and now the mecha fruit flies are running the show. We
have created dozens of tiny monsters. So we do not need Neil DeGrasse
Tyson to prove to us that evolution is for real.
(Update: Austin's new
theory is that the surviving fruit flies are actually gnats, and
we have a second insect infestation on our hands. So we can add that to
our list of reasons to be glad we are leaving – we will move to where the gnats can't find us!)
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