Remember that scene in Star Wars when Luke is practicing the light sabre with that little flying orb thingy in the Millennium Falcon while, unbeknownst to him, Princess Leia is being interrogated by Darth Vader about the location of the rebel camp? Virtually at the same moment that Luke masters the light sabre, Darth Vader destroys Leia's home planet (at least I think it's hers) to demonstrate to her the power of the Death Star. Obi Wan Kenobi, who had been watching Luke practice, suddenly starts. "There a tear in the force. As if a million voices cried out and were silenced at once." (Or something like this.)


That's how I feel today. Like there's something going terribly wrong in the universe. Unlike Ben Kenobi, I can't put my finger on it. A very uncomfortable feeling.