Among Modern Occupations, Only Cult

Another Random Thing I Do Is The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Or Seti. And You May Be Familiar With The Movie 'contact,' Which Sort Of Popularized That. It Turns Out There Are Real People Who Go Out And Search For Extraterrestrials In A Very Scientific Way.

I Was Good At Math And Science, And I Got Lots Of Degrees In Lots Of Things, But In A Parallel Universe, I Probably Became A Chef.

Movies Such As 'citizen Kane' And 'the Front Page' Portrayed An Era When Driven Newspapermen Would Do Anything To Get A Story. The U.k.'s Rough-and-tumble Fleet Street Remains Something Of A Throwback To That Era, As Demonstrated By The Recent Phone-hacking Scandal - Which Led To The Demise Of Yet Another Century-old Paper, The 'news Of The World.'

In The Early Days Of The Software Industry, People Cared About Copyright And Didn't Give A Damn About Patents - They Copied Each Other Willy-nilly.

Politicians Don't Like To Face Unpleasant Realities. In Truth, Nobody Does, But As Individuals, We Have No Choice; If We Neglect To Plan Ahead, We Are Held Accountable. Fail To Meet Your Responsibilities At Work, And You Get Fired. Ignore Your Car's Gas Gauge, And You Get Stranded.