Have you seen this chicken?

People have said to me, "Chris, you've got to post something new." One guy said, "Chris, you've got to post something new!" And still another person (gender uncertain) said "Chris, you've got to post something new?"

One creature (species unknown) said it very loudly.

Well, here's the problem: Another galaxy is heading our way. You see, in about 10 billion years, we're going to spiral into our nearest neighbor, Ned. Ned the friendly galaxy. He's friendly but he's a galaxy and he's a little clumsy. We can see him falling into us, but there's nothing we can do about it. It's the cosmological equivalent of watching someone fall into you with a cream pie in their hands. While our galaxy can see the pie coming, it is very unlikely that we won't get some cool whip on us.

So I've been working day and night to tell all the chickens until I tell the right one. As I don't know what Chicken Little looks like (movies can be so misleading), I have to keep telling all of them until he finally gets the message and tells everyone else. Once everyone knows, everyone will yawn and say, "Ten billion years? We're not even going to be here. By then all humans will be one guy who runs really fast and needs very little oxygen but a lot of space."

I'll say.

Anyway, don't worry about the future until you get there. You might still be doing something you like that you arrived at by doing the thing you like right now. So that career in making tickertape for parades may turn into a job in recycling with will, of course lead you to bicycling. Combining your knowledge of recycling and bicycling, you will create the galaxy's most efficient fuel system and save us all. All the while, you'll be remembering and referencing those carefree mornings on your bicycle, riding with your friend, Andromeda, the Performing Bear.