Supreme Commander of The Milky Way Galaxy CORNER of the Universe: Observations of Planet Earth inhabitants, Day eight Dad and d.c are watching a football game. d.c comes over and watches football with Dad on the weekends he does not have to work at the Kennel. I do not really understand the sport, but they seem to enjoy watching it. Dad says that some people even bet money on it. All Dad and d.c. ever bet is who will pay for dinner that night for both of their families. I do NOT see what the attraction is, but Dad gave me his electronic football game. It is named after someone named John Maddening. Dad says that playing this game will help me understand the sport better. It is his old game, so he let me have it when he got a new one as a Christmas present from Mom. He also let me have his old cell phone. He said that, since it has a tracking device, I can use it to call him if I ever get lost and/or into trouble. All I must do is push this button and make a sound. Then he can find me. I wonder if the tracking device can be turned off? Then, I would be able to explore this strange planet without outside interference. The phone, Dad says, is like having a hand-held computer that one can use as a telephone. Whoever came up with that idea must be the same person that invented the clock/radio/telephone about forty years ago. I do not know if anyone even remembers those now, but they were very popular when they were first invented. I wonder if the cell phone will eventually be replaced by something more advanced? We have more advanced equipment on my planet. We use fire to produce smoke signals to send messages to each other. Oh well, I guess I will settle for the cell phone, since I do not have any matches. I will test out my cell phone by calling Dad. Dad: "Hello? Cal.E. is that you? Are you in the bedroom? I will leave this phone connected so that you can tell me when you are ready to come out of the bedroom and eat or play." d.c.: That is a smart cat, if she can dial a telephone. I could have used someone (or something) as smart as her yesterday at work! Dad: Why is that, d.c.? d.c.: Well, I was having trouble with my computer. Actually, it was just one program that was messing up the whole computer, but it is one that I cannot delete. It has all of my patient's medical information in it. I can also receive emails through the program about the patients from other medical personnel. THAT is what was messing up, though. Every time I tried to access my email, the program froze and locked up the whole computer. I had to reboot the computer several times. I finally gave up and called tech support. They were busy, but they said that they would let me know when they were ready to help me. They said that they would send an email.... through the program that was messed up! Dad: I THINK I may know what was wrong with your computer! Cal.E.: They are just talking about boring work stuff. d.c. is a nurse at the kennel. Since he can talk to animals, he works with both humans and animals there. Dad has a more important job. He helps keep plants (like catnip) alive. Without people like Dad, everyone would starve AND there would be no catnip. This planet devoid of catnip would NOT be worth saving. Okay, let me see if I can play this Maddening football game. It will not be easy without opposable thumbs, but I will give it a try. Left, down, A,C, B TOUCHDOWN! This IS fun! Now, l see why people like to watch and play this game. Here is an advertisement for someone called a "bookie." He says that he will give three extra points on the Dolphins in the Miami-Dallas game. I wonder what that means? I will call "Tom the Tabbie" and find out... Tune in tomorrow, folks when we find out if Miami actually DID cover the spread and if Cal.E. bet on the correct team.
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