We Are Not Alone

My wife sent me a link today to a picture of a blobfish.  I will try to insert the picture at the end of this blog.  What strikes me is the variety of life that exists on just this one little planet.  Given the extremes of heat, oxygen, pressure and any other number of conditions, it is amazing that life seems to spring up everywhere.

Why just here?  Why only on Earth.

Maybe we are alone.  Maybe the bible is perfectly literal.

I doubt that, but I could be wrong.

I think the only reason we are not seeing life throughout the universe is a combination of distance and the speed of light.  We can only see a small speck of the greater universe.  There is a lot more out there but for now, we a like a monkey in a cage.  We can reach only so far through the bars.

We will figure out this light-speed thing and the universe will suddenly be at our doorstep.  When that happens, we will find that we are not alone.  There will be uncountable numbers there, all saying "Welcome to the party.  Its about time you got here."

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The Death of an Airline

I was suppose to fly Lufthansa today; San Francisco to Frankfurt to Budapest.  I accidentally found out that Lufthansa was on strike.  I suppose they would have told me about that when  I got to the airport and found my flights had been canceled.  By that time, all of my alternative flights would have been sold out and I would have had to drive home and wait for another day.

United came to the rescue.  I called them once I heard rumor of the strike.  They verified my flights had been canceled and rebooked me on United.  I now have flight that get me there within 3 hours of my original itinerary.

Thanks to United for saving the day.

As for Lufthansa, thanks for nothing.

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