When the whole world is in chaos, governed by implacable tyrants, and your fate is sealed, where can you go? I mean, have you been to high school lately? If you have an English teacher like mine, you don't need google to know what a tyrant is.

But a word of caution:

Be careful what you wish for. It just might happen.

Best,

Abby

This is where my Dad works, on Mount Graham, Arizona. It's called the LBT for Large Binocular Telescope Observatory. It looks like a couple of eyes, doesn't it? It's cool because they can find all kinds of stuff in space. My Dad's an astrobiologist, looking for signs of life.

During the viewing season, he basically lives up there. Sometimes my best friend Dianne and I stay with him (when there's room), or else we stay in my family's cabin.

Edwards AFB 1957

Dad says he's an astrobiologist, not a UFO-ist. He doesn't believe in UFOs, but he does believe in life on other planets. He told me once he doesn't just believe: he knows. I asked him how and he said he'd tell me once I've learned to keep a secret.

Like I'm going to tell anyone my Dad's crazy.

The Equalization

My parents are all freaked out about the Equalization, but I think it's a good idea. Why shouldn't everyone be equal? Doesn't it say that in the Declaration of Independence, as well as the Declaration of Interdependence?

Still, I see their point. Someone has to be The First Equal, and it's probably going to be one of these guys.

Dude who wants to be the First Equal. Yuck!

The First Equal

Like Nero, I divorced my first two wives after they got sick. Also like Nero, my third wife was my mistress for years while I served in Congress. She's proud to demonstrate the ideal of womanhood for all Americans.

We're still Winning the Future, despite Barak Obama stealing our slogan.

Our slogan, stolen by Barak Obama