Today was not expected. Did chores and ran errands mostly. But then met a former co-worker for a catch-up in a coffee house. As usual, conversation with her was interesting. In addition to her many other great traits, she has a very strong faith, so listening to her helps me recognize a reality with a perspective different than the one in which I find myself. Being human, I envy her surety. I am glad for her. I have seen for myself that her faith strengthens her and makes her capable of much.

I, on the other hand, have no surety whatsoever about anything. Hell, I'm starting to wonder if I am even sane. A peek at the universe through my Internet shows me buffoon politicians, a greedy elite, immoral clergy, wars, pestilence, murder, mayhem and an environmental catastrophe bearing down on us like a cow-catcher-beaked locomotive. An uncomfortable future for those chained to a particular track, a particular destination.

But, although I'm sitting in the midst of a roiling, honest-to-goodness dangerous universe, what really drives me crazy is how our general reality extends from the level of Higgs bosons up to and including perceiving reality as a man who sits in a room watching TV. (Man, how do those levels even coexist?) Understanding what threads or strings ties one level of reality to another is still elusive. At least I haven't run across any understandable explanation. I think the trick (like Einstein did with relativity) is to envision "reality" from a different angle thereby gaining a different understanding. Easier said than done, of course. Einsteins don't come along every day.

Anyway, it was good seeing her and being reminded that each individual sees the universe in his or her own way. Sometimes, those individual universes find a host of things in common so we mostly don't notice that we each do exist in our own. (Haven't thought a lot about wether every individual's version of reality is equally valid. Are some perceptions of the universe more valid than others? Maybe there's a froth of bubble universes linked along common faces. Wonder what the properties of this froth might be?)

Yikes, all this from a chat over coffee. (That's why it's fun talking to her.)

TV Tonight:

Not gonna duck. Looking forward to Halloween-themed episodes of The Middle, Modern Family and Blackish. I find well-crafted, predictable sitcoms comforting. No matter what fertilizer may be hitting a bunch of fans outside, I know these folks and enjoy "safe" (though delusional) time in their universes.

Mysteries of Laura is more a background filler than a main attraction; Mystery Diners, although staged, speaks to my addiction to restaurant shows. (Plus I like to see how many ways people have found to steal); and Little Women of LA.  (No explanation. Too many ways to be misinterpreted.)

A good human day AI. Willing to come out and say hello yet?