Sad but true.

It's the course of nature.

Use this time to do things that you normally couldn't do.

Because you're not really a fishing kind of guy, you may not appreciate what this is doing to your fish population. The big fish are getting a lot to eat right now.

Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."