Lisa's baby was due about now. I've decided she had it and it was a girl. I've named her Rachel.

Back in the time when life was easy, the Internet would have told me what I needed to know. The great thing about the Internet was it didn't care why you were asking.

When I'm in the water I feel as though nothing bad has happened. I think about the fish, how they don't know what's going on. Their world is unchanged. Actually it's probably better now to be a tuna or a sardine or a salmon. Less chance of ending up as somebody's lunch.

Maybe I'm wrong," Mom said. "Maybe the world really is coming to an end." "Should I try Fox News?" I asked. Mom shuddered. "We're not that desperate," she said.

I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's would still be open.

But I don't want to have to stop feeling. I really think I'd rather die than stop feeling.

The electricity came on for the second time today wile we were eating. This may be a fool's paradise, but it's a paradise nonetheless.