Unpremeditated Cerebrations

First off -- an announcement from my pal David:

Today, 3.14, is Pi Day. Have a very happy one!

Even if you're dieting, you're allowed to celebrate by eating pie, or
drinking your favorite beverage from a circular glass. If you have a
dog, you can encourage it to chase its tail.

My bev in a circular glass? A bone dry Sapphire Martini, straight up with olives. Of course.

No dogs here at Casa Valhalla and the cats are too damned smart to chase their tails. Or perhaps it’s just that they’re laser focused on that mote of dust floating to earth through the milky sunshine?

The friend of a friend on Facebook commented that PI day was actually 3/14/1519.
If we’re gonna be all precise and shit, we won’t hit real Pi Day until 3/14/151965359 or so. Take that!

Next -- Rocco’s home after his epic 12 day adventure, his Grail-like quest, his search for meaning in a cruel universe. His 12 day shag-a-thon with the local Betty and Veronica? Perhaps he was accidentally shut in someone’s basement or garage after an ill timed mouse hunt?
Mebbe. Who knows. All The Amazing Bob and I care about is that he’s back and looks good if a tad svelte. Epic quests will do that to you. He actually came home on Monday but we’ve been holding our breath -- will he be back tomorrow? Will we see him for tea? Yes and yes.

TAB and I are tremendously relieved. We know he’s a molto feral beasty but he’s been stopping by, hitting us up for meals and the stray fin, regularly over the last ten years. We're breathing much easier . Did I mention that we're happy he's home? We know we’ve got to respect his Call of the Wild and shit. Being respectful is hard fucking work.

Third -- high tide around here is reaching amazing new heights. While pedaling by the marsh off Kilby Street yesterday, I caught the zenith of high tide -- below left. Below right is normal high tide.
Jen and Oni said that the tide’s are so high because we’re approaching a new moon. I’ve never, ever seen the tides at this level before. Seems to me, with the acceleration of  the sea level rise, Hough’s Neck will be an island within the next ten years. As it is -- Sea Street, the only road onto the Neck -- floods during significant storms, cutting us off from the rest of Quincy. The Mainland.

Core samples, tide gauge readings, and, most recently, satellite measurements tell us that over the past century, the Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) has risen by 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters). However, the annual rate of rise over the past 20 years has been 0.13 inches (3.2 millimeters) a year, roughly twice the average speed of the preceding 80 years.
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How High Will It Go?
Most predictions say the warming of the planet will continue and likely will accelerate. Oceans will likely continue to rise as well, but predicting the amount is an inexact science. A recent study says we can expect the oceans to rise between 2.5 and 6.5 feet (0.8 and 2 meters) by 2100, enough to swamp many of the cities along the U.S. East Coast. More dire estimates, including a complete meltdown of the Greenland ice sheet, push sea level rise to 23 feet (7 meters), enough to submerge London and Los Angeles.

from The National Geographic’s article Sea Level Rise Ocean Levels Are Getting Higher—Can We Do Anything About It?

I think I may need to invest in water wings for TAB, our herd of cat and me.