David's Tangled Thoughts

“I bet ya that he will be dead or in prison by the time he’s thirty.” The few of us that were huddled together in Mrs. H.’s class were discussing a fellow classmate that had broken into the local grocery store. We nodded in agreement. Steven would be dead or in prison by the time he was thirty because he could not help but get into trouble. It seemed like he was determined to fulfill a sad destiny. A rash of break-ins have been taking place in my hometown and the Sheriff’s department has finally released the name of their suspect: Steve. I haven’t heard any word if they have arrested him. I asked my friend Sara if she wanted to go out hunting for him and possibly collect the Crime Stoppers reward money. She think he’s probably fled to Tennessee where he supposedly has family.

The New Horizons probe made its closest pass to Pluto. For us who have grown up with nine planets, this marks the completion of the solar system family portrait. It is an amazing experience. We have never seen a clear shot of Pluto and now for the first time, the whole world can. A new world seen for the first time. I entertained the thought that there may be something to astrology. As this new world was being revealed, there was some major upheavals at work. Carmen, one of our most beloved coworkers didn't show up for work. It took us a bit to realize that she wasn't there because we are not always at our desks but once we did, we got worried because it was so unlike her to miss work and not call in. My supervisor called and there wasn't an answer but a little while later he got a call from her. She quit. Just like that. I didn't even notice last night when she left that she had put her badge in the drawer and took her big tube of M&Ms with her. It was stunning