Gutty and A Beautiful Day

I often spout factoids about the prime importance of the microflora in and on our bodies. I believe what I claim. I've substantiated it behind the scenes, but by the time I mention it in conversation, I don't always have a citation on hand.
   I think that this contributes to the perception some hold of me as a gut-bacteria kook. In any case, I'm comfortable with my company. From a book I just finished:

Jeffery Gordon, Director of Washington University's Center for Genome Sciences, and his team have shown that people of normal weight favor a family of bacteria called bacteroidetes while obese poeple have more firmicutes. His team was able to prove that gut microbes actually contribute to obesity.  

Speak of chaos theory, I am posting this outside, sitting on a swing in a garden between my apartment and the library. There is a fountain three feet in front of me, and while I've been here, several birds have taken drinks and baths.
   I am like a bird.
   But I am not like a bird in that I do not drink my bathwater.