Called Scott who arrives home from work at 8:45 a.m. He came over in his bedroom slippers to hear the story of the mysterious tapping noises in my laundry room. We both went in and looked around. "The best I can guess," said Scott, "is that a mouse got into your dryer vent and was trying to get out."
All noise had stopped.
During the day I read snippets of the online NY Times. Here's an interesting story of the pilot's thoughts as he steered his passenger plane into the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers. Notice the way his mind worked during this crisis. Also note how an unthinking passenger caused an onboard disaster.