random quip

Space can be mapped and crossed and occupied without definable limit; but it can never be conquered. When our race has reached its ultimate achievements, and the stars themselves are scattered no more widely than the seed of Adam, even then we shall still be like ants crawling on the face of the Earth. The ants have covered the world, but have they conquered it — for what do their countless colonies know of it, or of each other? We have left the realm of comprehension in our vain effort to grasp the scale of the universe. -Arthur C. Clarke-

random quip

I have lived under threat of hurricane, wild fire, whiteout snowstorm, earthquake, mudslide, flooding, lava flow, typhoon, blizzard, ice storm, drought, violent volcanic eruption, tsunami and tornado. My observation is that people are most comfortable with the natural disaster with which they were raised. And hardly anybody thinks about massive meteorite strike. -Cutlass 43k-