I mean, I know the basics, their simple circuitry. It’s the blinking that gets me.

I know I could find out. But I love just staring at them, trying to predict which lights will blink next. I am rarey right. My favorite song is called Oh Christmas lights. They last longer than the tree, I find. I’ve had my lights for over four years. Some work, some don’t

But they remain unpredicable.