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Were any of you shocked by what you were driving through yesterday afternoon?

I had to drive from Lynnwood to Vashon Island. I could just make out Bellevue from State Route 405. At the halfway point on the Interstate 90 bridge – you could barely see the shoreline ahead or behind.

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I crossed the West Seattle Bridge. I couldn’t see downtown.

And it was weird. And I thought – wait a minute – I must have slipped into the 3-D film Noir Metaverse.

Yeah! There’s Humphrey Bogart pulling up beside me on the ferry. I looked out at the city – it was all in black and white.

I guess this must be what all those climate change experts were warning us about. But I heard somewhere the data was bogus. They made it up.

Go ahead and drive your car. Life is short. It’s somebody else’s problem.

Don’t be a chump, they said.

Hit the gas station, and fill up with $6 per gallon gas. Tires keep on turning; Fires keep on burning.

It’s a crazy world out there.

But it’ll be OK. I’ve got my emergency food; I’ve got my emergency water.

Now I just gotta figure out where I get my emergency air!

I guess I could start saving those little air pillows that come in my Amazon packages.

Boy, Zuckerberg sure made this metaverse seem real.

Wait a minute – How come the goggles don’t come off?

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