Cat in the Box

I almost called this "Ummm ... What? Redux," because it's an attempt to explain that old Schrödinger's Cat enigma. Does a pretty good job, but what I still don't understand is why it's a big deal. It seems to make perfect sense, but it's called a paradox, so all I think I understand now is that I must be misunderstanding something: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130812-physics-schrodinger-erwin-google-doodle-cat-paradox-science/