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November 27, 2007
I, For One, Welcome Our New...
John Aravosis of AmericaBlog points us to two fascinating articles, one about what appears to be a giant hole in space, and one that argues that the giant hole is actually another universe infringing upon our own.
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Click on the image to get the caption which explains what this terrifying thing actually is.
So I would just like to say, now, while I still can, the following very important message. And I hope that our neighbors in the next universe can read this.
I, for one, welcome our new alternate universe overlords.
Let's face it. Aliens aren't pretty.
And let's also face it, we're a mess down here. Any intelligence that can make it through the universe-collision-point could seriously kick our asses.
So, as Kent Brockman famously pronounced, I, for one, welcome our new alternate universe overlords.
And to help you adjust to the new reality, here's a fabulous conversation from John Rogers, and a great video to a really cool Jonathan Coulter song:
Peace out, my soon-to-be-enslaved-protected friends.
Posted by reparent at November 27, 2007 7:15 PM