To Infinity and Beyond!!

I cannot believe that it is only 4:04. I swear it feels like 3:48 was more than two hours ago. If I were a rebel, I'd un-chain my leg from this desk and walk out the door. But I haven't a pint of rebel in my blood, plus I enjoy the pay checks that are supposedly a reward for submitting myself to corporate consistency. If I ran a company, any kind of business really, I'd allow my employees to wear jeans and listen to personal music devices. I'd buy them laptops too, so long as they got their shit done.

In the summer's when I am working full time times two I forget what it is like to wear jeans, because I mostly wear officey clothes during the week and swimsuits on the weekends and when I finally do wear jeans I find them to be the least comfortable wardrobe option. So maybe I'd tell my employee's that if they liked jeans they could wear them. I'd personally choose mini skirts and stripper shoes with clear lucite platform heels if I were allowed to write the dress code, which is probably why I am not allowed.

In other news I am deeply suspicious of NASA's recent Deep Impact project. Now, I claim only a limited knowledge of the project itself and and even more limited knowledge of most things in general but since I am quite a fan of conspiracy and ulterior motives (no wonder why I love GWB with all my heart!) I must speculate.

First, we will begin with a simple question, would you really spend gajillions of dolares from a limited and ever-shrinking budget to see what's inside of a piece of flying rock? No, no you would not. You would ask me and I would tell you what's inside of the thing is old dirt, rock, ice, gas, and probably some other elements. Nothing new, nothing spectacular. But that's okay because that isn't what you really
want to know.

What really interests you is how you might go about launching a device with the ability to penetrate the center of a large flying mass with accuracy. This interests you because if you provide enough force and explosive power you can break up this gigantic rock and/or alter its orbit significantly. And if you're following me on this, you would want to do this so that we might avoid a catastrophic impact on little old Earth that has the potential to do to humans what was done to dinosaurs.

Back in Astronomy 1001 we learned of such devices and the possibility of life as we know it being wiped out by such an impact. We learned that the technology required would be difficult to develop and that it would cost a lot and that people might freak out if we told them we might have a real life Armageddon situation on our hands. But who knows maybe those people down in NASA really do enjoy pictures of the innards of a comet and the 4.6 billion years old dust they released into space. But don't listen to me, I still believe in green aliens and flying saucers.

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