Sorry to use space for this, but....

This is Pluto calling planet Netherlands ( Urban Dutch Farmer)

I plan to be in Amsterdam, with an exceptional entourage, on October 27 and 28.  I am leading a brief discussion on " dark matter" at your university there.

If you want to bring your glove, we can play catch in a canal. I know you live in Rotterdam, but that is a quick bicycle ride away, right?  I imagine that Aaron Hicks could throw a ball from Amsterdam to your house.

 If you have no glove, we could just drink and learn the traditions of your baseball country.  This is the preferred outcome, as my shoulder has Chuck Knoblach's disease these days.  Blame it on a horse.

You can laugh at us and ask questions about Trump America. We could hold that conversation in one of those " get happy " stores you have all over Holland ( now it makes sense that the Dutch are always rated the happiest nation).

And you can educate us;  e.g.  are Holland and the Netherlands the same place?  What about the Dutch?  Where do they live?  Does everyone get a bolt of that orange fabric at birth?

I apologize to all for using this space as a personal message site, but I could devise no other means of communication.

Hence, I am keeping it short.

And orange.  And fun to regard.