http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2002-2006 by the authors Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:20:56 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/08/15/121846.php#comment-429346 Yippie! :) ]]> 429346@blogcritics.org Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:20:56 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/08/15/121846.php#comment-428994 Congrats! This article has been selected as one of this week's <a href=http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/08/16/185742.php>Editors' Picks</a>. ]]> 428994@blogcritics.org Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:44:28 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/08/15/121846.php#comment-428566 Obviously it was because you were making fun of a very serious piece of art. Is nothing sacred with you? ]]> 428566@blogcritics.org Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:08:36 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/08/15/121846.php#comment-428564 Okay...what I wrote in comment #1 was damn funny...so of course no one responds... :-/ ]]> 428564@blogcritics.org Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:02:53 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/08/15/121846.php#comment-427776 Look, we live in a massive universe. This universe contains hundreds of billions of galaxies. Each galaxy contains hundreds of millions of stars. Most of these stars (even in binary systems) have planets orbiting them. A sizable percentage of those stars have rocky planets orbiting them (and not just gaseous monsters like Jupiter). Some of these rocky planets are large enough to have gravity hold an atmosphere. Some of those planets are in the proper range to have water in liquid form. A decent percentage of these planets are suitable for life. On many of those planets where the conditions are right, simple single-celled life forms (like bacteria or algae) will arise. On some of those planets, this life will evolve into multi-cellular life. Some small percentage of those planets will see life forms migrate onto land (lichens and grasses). A few of those will even see multi-cellular animal life thrive on dry land. A tiny percentage of those will remain stable long enough so that intelligent, sentient life forms have evolved. A small percentage of those will have the natural resources available that allow this intelligent life to utilize fire, build machines, and even venture into space. A miniscule percentage of those will survive long enough to colonize their solar system. Some of them will explore their entire galaxy. And a small handful will advance to a point where they are able to visit the farthest reaches of the universe. And they might just visit us. So. Who are YOU to say this alien species isn't comprised of popcorn-shooting, pie-throwing, killer klowns (from outer space)??? ;-) ]]> 427776@blogcritics.org Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:41:44 EDT