According to Hofmann: A crack(er) in the universe
ItĢƵ funny when you hear two different things – totally separate from one another – and you make a connection that seems crazy at the moment, but eventually makes sense.
I’m talking about things like the first time peanut butter and chocolate met, or the first time chocolate and bananas met or the first time chocolate and bacon met. (Basically, chocolate goes with everything whether you realize it or not.)
Anyway, a recent story caught my fevered mind that a new theory has emerged stating there may be whatĢƵ called an “anti-universe” that mirrors our universe, but there, time runs backwards.
Of course, I dove right in and read all about symmetries, dark matter, gravitational waves, combined symmetry, electron-neutrinos, muon-neutrinos, tau-neutrinos and Majorana particles.
After the first 30 seconds, boredom and confusion sucked every ounce of enthusiasm I had for the subject, and my eyes glazed over the text of the article until I came across a paragraph that basically repeated the headline that first caught my attention.
By that point, I think I had enough information to be considered an armchair expert on the matter (or anti-matter).
It fascinates me that there could be another Earth – or “Htrae” – out there where another version of me – named “Kram” I’m sure – has already written this column and had already experienced the backlash that came from its publication because he believed “time running backwards” meant words are spelled backwards, too.
I bet heĢƵ also working on his column from last week for his column next week, which would really be “last week” to them.
I would have to figure, since they’re moving backwards in time, they’re de-evolving as a species and because we’re aware of humans evolving, they’re aware of their de-evolution and have dedicated movies to their “future” as neanderthals. Of course, they probably watch their movies from the end to the beginning, so good luck figuring out those films.
Oh well, the whole thing isw just a hypothesis at this point … or is it?
You see, soon after I read the story about the universe running backwards, I came across a story concerning a well-known and well-established circular cracker with ridges on the sides –letĢƵ call them Glitz Grackers to avoid any more confusion than this column already has.
Anyway, the story is of a YouTuber who realized that the ridges on a Glitz Gracker are used to cut the cheese.
Stop laughing, itĢƵ true.
The ridges are used like a pizza cutter to slice a piece of cheese thatĢƵ the perfect fit for a Glitz Gracker.
The video that accompanied the story showed the guy cutting the cheese (stop laughing) by rolling a Glitz Gracker across a slice of American cheese, making a perfect square to fit on top of the cracker.
Of course, it seems like a slice of processed cheese is the only cheese that would work for the gracker. ThereĢƵ no way it can do the same to a cheddar or an asiago – half your snack would turn to dust! I guess you could use it for a soft cheese like brie or Gorgonzola, but thatĢƵ practically a dip by that point.
But I’m getting away from my point because the most interesting thing about this announcement is the utter shock from people who had no idea that a Glitz Gracker is now like the Swiss Army Knife of snack food.
Reader comments below the article included:
“All my life I had no idea…no idea.”
“Everything I’ve ever known is a lie!”
“This is BidenĢƵ fault.”
“This is TrumpĢƵ fault.”
“I will never trust food again!”
Yes, everyone is shocked, but I’m more perplexed by it because I can’t understand how this news has never surfaced. You’d think the cracker company would want people to know the brilliant thing their snack can do for the consumer.
I mean, itĢƵ the biggest thing since bread bowls!
Then I remembered our mirrored universe. Over there, people on “Htrae” may now be forgetting that the ridges have been put on the Glitz Gracker (or Rekcarg Ztilg) as part of their continued de-evolution.
Or, perhaps, we were the ones that forgot about the cheese-cutting ridges and our anti-universe counterparts are just discovering it.
Or, maybe, we’re at a crossroads with this other universe and certain things may bleed over between them. This could be a first step in connecting and finding common ground, and maybe someday in the near future (or past) all problems will be solved.
I’m not a scientist or a physicist or a man of below-average intelligence, but I do know the one thing that can pull Earth and Htrae together: chocolate.
It goes with everything.
According to Hofmann is written by staff reporter Mark Hofmann of Rostraver Township. His books, “Good Mourning! A Guide to Biting the Big One … and Dying, Too” and “Stupid Brain,” are available on Amazon.com.