I rambled a bit this morning . . .

Now that the wife has left for work, I can turn on the lights, sit down in front of the PC, and write like a normal human being. Writing on the phone sucks.

I have the day off today, which is nice. One of my friends has recently gotten into Minecraft and has been going on and on about it. He really seems to enjoy it, which is great, but I've only been half heartedly listen to him talk about it because it didn't interest me that much, though I think it's something my wife would enjoy. It wasn't until he told me that there is splitscreen multiplayer available for XBox One that he got my full attention. While the wife and I have similar interests, we don't actually have a lot of overlapping hobbies. I think I might pick up the game and a second controller. It might be a fun couple's activity.

In other news, I go into a bit of a heated argument with a coworker during lunch yesterday. Her cat didn't come home the night before and she's absolutely adamant that coyotes had gotten a hold of it. She said she saw on the news that there has been a larger number of coyote sightings than usual this spring and that people are advised to keep their animals indoors and well supervised. I tried to reassure her that her cat is probably fine and that cats are prone to staying away for days at a time before coming home. Besides, they have tons of natural enemies besides coyotes, foxes and raccoons readily spring to mind, and coyotes aren't anything new. The chances of coyotes getting her cat is probably pretty slim. She wasn't having it. She's convinced coyotes got it, because that's what she heard on the news. I dropped the subject.

It wasn't until I was coming home that I thought of a great analogy. If the weatherman says there's a hurricane coming, you wouldn't let your cat out, for fear of it not coming back. If you did though, and the cat got caught in it, it's not the hurricane's fault. It's your fault. Hurricanes are gonna do what hurricanes do. So naturally, if the news says that there's a large frequency of coyote sightings and to keep your animals indoors, you can't get mad if you let your cat out and a coyote gets it. Coyotes are gonna do what coyotes do. That's just my logic though.