We are at the house of friends and they the TV tuned to a channel that is playing carols and showing a burning log. This will be on for 36 hours without commercial breaks. The film of the fire is not a simulation, we have seen an arm and poker appear from off camera to turn the log and then a fresh one added. I wonder if the owner of the arm was excited by the prospect of a big break into TV on a show in Christmas prime time.
The number of eggs in Charlotte’s egg sac
The age of the Universe is about 13.7 billion years, modern humans came into existence about 130,000 years ago, it is 100 years since the Cubs last won the World Series. Compared to these spans of time, 514 days is a pretty small interval. However, it does seem rather a long time in advance to encourage paying a fee to extend my Flickr Pro Account. 
