I can never resist a Bad Pun. ICAD stands for Index Card A Day, and for the last several years has been conducted from June 1st through July 31st. But “I, Cad” might also be the title of my autobiography, Cad meaning Scoundrel.

Here is my jumpstart of ICAD. The leftmost is a cover page of sorts, the center is a quick study of the suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the rightmost says “I found to my astonishment that I do not exist.” It is an oblique reference to the prophetic novel 1984. Winston Smith was told he did not exist.

Oddly, depending on when you the reader read these words, I, like Schrödinger’s Cat, do or do not exist. Some of my dead friends may still be found on Facebook.

If I do not exist, I have ceased being a cad, and I no longer suffer. Just about everything has an Up side.