One more thing to take up some brain space worrying about

Well, I'd just come to terms with the planet being destroyed by an asteroid, and had begun to make peace with the whole super-volcano thing and now, thanks to catching a snippet of "Last Days on Earth" on the History Channel, I have something new to worry about:

Wandering black holes!

Great, I had no idea these things wandered around.

Just a few symptoms, for those who also enjoy worrying:
* mile high tides
* sucking sound as the atmosphere is sucked away from the Earth - fun!

When I was in elementary school, we used to watch disaster-preparedness films. You know, the ones with titles like Flash Flood! or Earthquake! or Tsunami!. These were supposed to help us see the warning signs and teach us what to do in the event of such a disaster.

I found the Tsunami! one to be particularly disturbing. It kept me up at night when I was nine.

Did I mention I was living in Arizona at the time?

But, what is it with the History Channel? It seems full of shows with "doomsday" "mega/super/mondo disaster" or "Armageddon" in their titles. Is that history? Is the person in charge of programming just really depressed? Sometimes the show descriptions even come with references to psychic predictions and biblical warnings. What is up with that?

Just wondering.

Here is one last photo from our cruise:



The views of a seemingly endless ocean with no land in sight really blew my mind. One night, while watching the sun set, I said to Dr. H.: "Look at this. This is one fucking amazing planet."