Red cups are like yellow school buses. Both are real.

Lovely. When I moved to the U.S. Pacific Northwest from Florida decades ago I knew the sunsets would get later, but what I hadn’t anticipated was how much longer twilight would linger as opposed to down south.

That long twilight, lasting in Seattle well past ten, is something I really enjoy about the summers further north.

The first time I played Super Mario on the N64 I can still recall how it made me slightly dizzy, which delighted me. That effect only lasted a short while, but it was a lot of fun to feel that disoriented by a video game, if but briefly.