By Michael Hoag

Michael Hoag is a social worker living in east central Illinois. Michael has a profound and deep seated love for macaroni and has proven time is a function of temperature. Michael's grandmother dated Jimmy Stewart. He has pictures.

BO’

“Bo’.” Everyone in the car turned. “Double bo’.” A team member aimed an instrument, calibrated and took a reading. “Three point…one…four…one…five.” “Pi bo’.” “Pi bo’.” “Pi bo’.” The driver turned and stopped. The team got out and set their instruments in the gravel and alongside the grass waterway. “Boss, how should I zero the TRIR?” “Twenty millis.” “Let’s try eight.” “Eight?” “Eight?” “Eight?” “The faster pump probe emission might get us more structural information on the excited state kinetics of the dark and emissive states…boss.” Everyone was quiet. “Do it.” The team finished calibrating the instruments and returned to the…