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Thanks to a tweet from my good pal Robert I went and dug up this excerpt from an old Calvin & Hobbes cartoon. It’s one of my personal favourites and still brings a smile to my face.

Calvin: “Ah, I got the letter I wrote to myself.”

Hobbes: “What did you write?”

Calvin: “Dear Calvin — Hi! I’m writing this on Monday. What day is it now? How are things going? Your pal. Calvin.”

Calvin: “My past self is corresponding with my future self.”

Hobbes: “Too bad you can’t write back.”

Calvin (next day): “I got a letter from my past self.”

Hobbes: “What’s it say?”

Calvin: “Dear Future Calvin — I wrote this several days before you will receive it. You’ve done things I haven’t done. You’ve seen things I haven’t seen. You know things I don’t know. You lucky dog. Your pal. Calvin.”

Calvin (sniffing): “I feel so sorry for myself two days ago.”

Hobbes: “Poor him. He wasn’t you.