🗞️The WNTS Digest 📰

Carl comes home from the doctor's office, his face looking unusually somber. His wife, Laura, is sitting at the kitchen table sipping tea when he walks in. “Laura," he says, "the doctor gave me some terrible news. I only have 24 hours left to live." Her eyes widen, her cup clinks as she sets it down, and the room fills with a heavy silence. After a few moments, Carl hesitantly continues, "Given the circumstance, uh, do you think we could, you know, spend some special time together?" He raises his eyebrows, giving her a look that's half pleading, half hopeful. 

     Laura, understanding, nods and says, "Of course, Carl." They head upstairs, and soon enough, they make love. 

     Carl is at first relieved to have some closeness with his wife in what feels like the final moments of his life. But a few hours pass and his mind starts racing again. He's glancing at the clock when it hits him. He's down to 18 hours. Panicked, he turns to Laura, who's peacefully reading a book beside him. “Laura," he says, "I know this is going to sound crazy, but I've only got 18 hours left. Can we um do it again?" 

     She puts down her book, smiles softly, and agrees. Hours pass, and Carl's anxiety won't leave him alone. He looks at the clock. Just 8 hours left. He can't stop thinking about how little time he has left. So, he gently nudges Laura, waking her from a light nap. “Honey," he says sheepishly. "I only have 8 hours now. Please, just one more time." She sigh, but as ever agrees. 

     Afterward, Laura drifts off to sleep, but Carl lies awake staring at the ceiling. He tosses and turns, counting down the minutes. At last, the clock reads 4 hours left. He taps Laura's shoulder again, his voice a little shaky this time. “Laura, I only have 4 hours left. What do you say? One last time." 

     Laura sits up, rubs her eyes, and looks at him, her patience clearly wearing thin. “Carl," she says, I have to get up in the morning. You don’t!!"

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1770 - British explorer Captain James Cook first sights Australia and writes in his logbook that “what we have as yet seen of this land appears rather low, and not very hilly, the face of the Country green and Woody, but the Sea shore is all a white Sand”.

1775 - American Revolution begins in Lexington, Massachusetts, with the "Shot Heard Round the World" fired later that day in Concord.

1963 - Johnny Cash releases single "Ring of Fire" written by his future wife June Carter and Merle Kilgore.

1967 - The Beatles sign a contract agreeing to stay together for 10 years (they don’t).

1982 - Sally Ride is named the first American woman astronaut.

1995 - Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh sets a truck bomb at Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168. including 19 children, and injuring 500.

2011 - Fidel Castro resigns his position of First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba after 45 years in power.

1946: A ’Toast!!’ to Rocky Horror Picture Show’s Tim Curry who is having a birthday today. Party anyone??

National Garlic Day - Probably need to stay away from me today!!