“Why is everything so freakin’ complicated?” I lamented. Technically I suppose I was bitching or whining, but ‘lamenting’ sounds better. “It’s because the universe is punishing you, Joe,” Skippy said gleefully. “Really, the universe is mad at itself, but it is taking it out on you.” “Huh? Why?” “Oh,” he sighed. “Sixty six million years ago, the universe dropped a big rock on Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. Now, a troop of filthy, ignorant monkeys is flying around in a stolen pirate ship, screwing up everything. The universe totally regrets dropping that rock.”
