Enormity is my new favorite word.

I had a quiet weekend, but it could have gone differently.

This Friday, a bunch of friends called me and invited me along. "We're going on a walrus vacation!" said Sheila.

What's that, you may ask? I was asking the same thing, but Sheila explained.

"Oh, it's in a lab out by the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Your consciousness is electronically transferred into the body of a walrus, and you can swim around the bay."

"That's a blasphemy against nature," I said, "I am sickened by the enormity of this mad science. Don't these people know that California is way too warm for walruses? They should have sea lion vacations instead."

Sheila apologized for offending me. I put her on hold and ate some dried apricots.

"Besides," I said, "I kinda have to unpack. Have fun!"

( A test! )