The Famous Doomsday

 Now, I am not one for hyperbole or panic, because in many ways I see the world as it is at my age and say maybe I won't be around to deal with it.  But the Doomsday Clock has been set this year to 90 seconds before midnight just this morning.  Don't ask me why they do this on January 24, but I guess it's the date they do this. .  It is the closest to the end the clock has ever been set.  

The Doomsday Clock, as it has been called, was developed by Einstein and University of Chicago scientists in 1945 right after the ending of WW Ii.  Einstein helped develop the Atmic Bomb and believed after the war we had entered the nuclear age that would either make life better, or would destroy us.  The scientists chose the latter.  Hence, the Doomsday Clock.

I am not one to allow the news of the day keep me awake at night.  I am not going to bed tonight wondering whether the world will wake up in the morning, although my wife says I worry about everything, including whether the sun will come up.  No.  I don't worry about THAT.  But I find it fascinating, in a kind of twisted way, that the Doomsday Clock is so close to midnight.  

In a way, I read the article and asked myself, So what else is new?  I am on the patio this morning smoking my Pierre Lamy pipe with Rum and Maple pipe tobacco.  My son and I spent together yesterday doing landscaping for his house for my wife's birthday.  I am a bit sore this morning, but we got ceramic pots in place with plants and got all new flowers, plus a new bird bath.  Which reminds me, I have some watering to do this morning, Doomsday or no Doomsday.  My thinking is that at least they will all be here tomorrow.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave