Such Interesting Times

There is an old, and misattributed saying that, when the Chinese want to curse someone they say 'may you live in interesting times' the idea being that times of peace are,well, less than interesting(ie boring). If you haven't noticed all of the interesting goings on in the world lately, I'll have to assume that you've been in a coma or trapped in a South American mine. As you learn to eat and pee without a tube, and as you try to re-acclimate your jelly spheres to the light I will attempt to get you caught up on all that you have missed. If I can, i will also try to clear up some of the things you may not have missed but weren't very clear. You should consider yourself warned however for ignorance is bliss and a little knowledge can cause a lot of misery.