Today Is Monday, Frieze Groups And Fish

Frieze borders are familiar decorative relief elements in Architecture as shown in this example of the 'Flying Fish' frieze on the Marine Air Terminal at La Guardia Airport.

Frieze groups are also common in folk art and textiles such as Native Indian blankets and pottery, and they crop up in all sorts of other forms and applications including robotics, human gait modeling, DNA sequencing, and music as in the song 'Today Is Monday', most familiarly commemorated in a children's book of the same title by Eric Carle.

It has been shown that the total number of possible frieze goups in 2-dimensions is 7.

The song 'Today Is Monday' is about a food for each day of the week, so on Monday it is String Beans and for Friday it is Fish!

Fish are an important source of Omega-3 oils and while there has been cursory evidence in the past regarding Omega-3 oils' benefits to overall health, recent studies have shown them to improve memory in the population in general and offer a promising therapy for those at risk for Alzheimer's if dietary supplementation is started early enough.

I will get to vegetables later, but for this post, I'll just talk about fish. The Christ was purported to have said, 'I will make you fishers of Men', there was also a well-documented 'fishing expedition' he had gone out on; and Christians have adopted the symbol of the Fish as one of their icons. Jonah was said to have been swallowed by a Whale, but literally he had spent some time in the belly of a 'big fish'; there must be more to that for the story to make sense.

Some say fish have less than a 3-second memory; but I have a goldfish and it seems to always know when mealtime comes around and if I forget to feed it, it makes faces up against the fishbowl in order to remind me. It appears my goldfish has a better memory than me.

Fish are associated with all sorts of things including fortune, being slippery, tall tales, dinner--and Memory.

7 Al-A'Raf

7:163 واَسْأَلْهُمْ عَنِ الْقَرْيَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ الْبَحْرِ
إِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِي السَّبْتِ إِذْ تَأْتِيهِمْ حِيتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعاً
وَيَوْمَ لاَ يَسْبِتُونَ لاَ تَأْتِيهِمْ كَذَلِكَ نَبْلُوهُم بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ

7:163 Ask them about the City (town) by the Sea, if observing the Sabbath their 'fish' came to them on the Sabbath 'breaking the water' (heads above the water, in an obvious manner); and the day they did not observe the Sabbath (the fish) did not come to them, in this manner We reminded them (let them know) how they were transgressing.

Here it is, the running narrative-- if the denizens of this city by the sea did not get their 'fish' when they broke the Sabbath it probably means that they did not have any memory of those days or if the plentiful fish are an omen of good and plenty then it would follow that they had their means straightened in some other way on the days they did not observe the Sabbath.

18 Kahf (The Cave)

18:61 فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا
18:63 قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَا إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّي نَسِيتُ الْحُوتَ وَمَا أَنسَانِيهُ إِلَّا الشَّيْطَانُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُ وَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ عَجَبًا

(I think these passages allude to Moses and a travelling companion)

18:61 Once they arrived at the junction between the two, he (the travelling companion) forgot their fish and it took its way into the Sea in a swarming (manner, rapidly?, strange/remarkable way, as if tunneling)...
18:63 he said, 'Do you remember when we arrived at the rock (boulder, outcropping)? I forgot the fish and nothing made me forget it except for Satan (some provocation, something that 'bedeviled' him). Then I remembered how it took its way (course) to the Sea, Astonishingly (Awesome, Strange, Remarkable manner)!

More running narrative--I always liked this story about the 'junction where the two meet' (2 what? rivers? people?--some juncture) and the travelling companion plays it so straight because it is so obvious that Moses was specifically looking for this place and needed to find where it was and the poor kid just got distracted. Was it by a bad memory that it took the Devil himself to let slip away--in such a vertiginous fashion? (A note of interest to the armchair geologist/geographer: Little Rock, Arkansas derives its name from a natural outcropping/stone formation 'la petite roche' or 'the little rock' that marks the juncture between the flat Mississippi Delta region and the Ouachita Mountain foothills.)
37 Saffat (Arrayed; Lined Up)

37:142 فَالْتَقَمَهُ الْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ
37:144 لَلَبِثَ فِي بَطْنِهِ إِلَى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

37:142 So the fish swallowed him (Jonah) the while he was wrongful (blameworthy- I think because Jonah might have given in to his anger, but if he was good enough to be God's viceroy, 'they' must have really stoked him)...
37:144 ...there he would have remained inside its (the fish's) belly until the Day of Decision (Judgment, Resurrection).

Jonah is a very sympathetic character because, I think, of all the Prophets that have ever been sent anywhere, he was the only one that the people he was sent to did not persecute him, moreover they openly accepted him and his message, and that's why they became previledged. And its okay by me if he was 'consumed by the memory' (the big fish that ate him) of whatever forced him to turn on his heels and flee (he found them to be 'qawmin fasikoon') I can empathise fully because I know it was not cowardice.
68 Qalum (The Pen; Writing Implement)
68:48 فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَى وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ

68:48 ...so await patiently your Lord's Judgment and do not be like the companion of the fish when he cried out (called out) when (while) he was repressed (consumed, gloomy, in despair)

Time and again, Scripture--when carefully read and understood properly-- tells us how it can be such a monumental struggle to be patient in adversity; surely there must be some benefit to the exercise; stiff upper lip and all that... (did You even hear me crying--a word, a whimper?) But the Memory...

Major themes; 7 Al A'Raf (consider Al Aaraaf(Edgar Allan Poe 1829) and the character Nesace 'little island' in Greek _association to 'cancer' and frieze groups); 18 Cave (Time perception); 37 Saffat (Ordering/Ranking/Arranging); 68 The Pen (Teaching, Knowledge Transfer).

2 Al Baqara (The Cow)

قَالُواْ سُبْحَانَكَ لاَ عِلْمَ لَنَا إِلاَّ مَا عَلَّمْتَنَا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ 2:32

2:32 they said: "All Praise is Due (to God)! No knowledge have we except for what You have imparted to us. You Are The All-Knowing, The Wise."

38 SAAD ص

كِتَابٌ أَنزَلْنَاهُ إِلَيْكَ مُبَارَكٌ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوا آيَاتِهِ وَلِيَتَذَكَّرَ أُوْلُوا الْأَلْبَابِ 38:29

38: 29 (my own interpretation without the benefit of a reliable dictionary) A book Revealed to you (as a) Blessing (with) mounting (to assemble/assembling/arranged) Signs (as) to Remind (lead to) the Origin of The Portal (the Kernel?);
classically interpreted to mean: A book Revealed to you, full of Blessings, so that those of understanding would take it to heart (reflect on it)

(I love you for it, but can't you Please just come get me?)

Home Is For Homework

...that's why I try to avoid it as much as possible, however, to be fair I don't just give out homework assignments, I do some myself, too, watch...
78 An-Nab (The Great News)

وَبَنَيْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعًا شِدَادًا 78:12

78:12 And We built above you 7 inductors (induction type motors?/they pull/are magentic/create a vortex?)
71 Nuh (Noah)
أَلَمْ تَرَوْا كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا 71:15

71:15 {literally}: Do you not see how God created 7 sm.watt (probably units are given in Newtons ms-1) layers (one above the other?)1W = 1Js-1 = 1kgm2s-3 = 1Nms-1 (sm watt)

15 Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract)لَهَا سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَابٍ لِّكُلِّ بَابٍ مِّنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَّقْسُومٌ 15:44

15:44 It has 7 doors/gates each divided in 7 parts /chambers/segments/facets?

2 Al-Baqarra (Cow or Calf)
2:261 مَّثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ
فِي كُلِّ سُنبُلَةٍ مِّئَةُ حَبَّةٍ وَاللّهُ يُضَاعِفُ لِمَن يَشَاء وَاللّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

2:261 The Parable of those who spend in God's cause is like a grain/pill/capsule out of which grows 7 ears= SN.ABL (sthene (1 kN) aluminum boundary layer;airborne laser?) and in each ear=SN.ABLE/T (diminutive) 100 grains/pills/capsules, and increases/amasses/multiplies/proliferates for those who choose (to do so/spend in God's cause or choose God) and God's Knowledge Is Wide

(perhaps Sn is also a reference to tin; but at any rate is looks to be a device that has 7 layers impregnated with 100 number of nodules/grains that do something really cool! like amplify a signal or power or whatever fuel is being contained by the aluminum boundary layer.)

...tell me you already have something like this on your drawing board...the same verses also lend themselves to medicine/biomedical applications but whatever you do DO NOT put it in a can and sell it all over town as 'air freshener'


There shall be no sniggering; all rights reserved, one layer of an 'induction'-type 'engine' chamber template rendered September 5, 2009 14:31 PDT (not to scale) ___________________

Whatever it is I think we are building has a homing device; 'On To You Is Every Journey's End'

ALR الَر

14 Ibrahim (Abraham)

14:31 قُل لِّعِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ يُقِيمُواْ الصَّلاَةَ وَيُنفِقُواْ مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ
سِرًّا وَعَلانِيَةً مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَ يَوْمٌ لاَّ بَيْعٌ فِيهِ وَلاَ خِلاَلٌ

14:31 Say to My servants who have attained to faith that they should be constant in prayer and spend (in Our way) secretly and openly, out of what We provide for them before there come a Day when there will be no bargaining, and no (other) course
The most direct approach is that Aluminum is itself the inductor and provides the basis for this suggested inductive device (may be a solid state device).

If this is a reference to an Aluminum air (fuel) cell then it may be of interest to note the affects of Sn on the atomic boundary layer (Al-Sn grain boundary). Sn has limited solubility in Aluminum and there have been studies wrt Sn and its effects on the sacrificial Aluminum electrode in sea water; Aluminun fuel cells can generate varying levels of power output, they are relatively environmentaly benign, and easily recharged.

The Aluminum barrier layer is effective in containing a fuel or other substance that is itself involved in generating an inductive effect or power of some kind.

For the avid Geometry aficionado who is thinking of the number 7 and frieze goups; posting to follow. Or these are just the lengths I go to just to keep myself from thinking about what happened.

As an afterthought, to those out there who find themselves thinking I am playing fast and loose with Scripture; I feel safe in my interpretation since I am not breaking any rules by adhering to the precept that the Message is Multifacetted, else it cannot be contained in any finite form; should I err, may God forgive me, but I am someone confident that I can't get too far out since the Message is Forever Secure:

48 Fath (Victory)

سُنَّةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ اللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًا 48:23

48:23 This is God's Way/Path/Words as it has been before (always been) And there is Nothing (that can ever) change God's Way/Path/Words. (There is Never changing God's Way/Path/Words--And He knows that for sure because He has been around the longest!).

Aliens, Metaphors, And Mystery

If those 'aliens' look to be invitingly familiar, I'd like to posit some reasons as to why....

36 Ya-Sin (Ya-Seen)

وَآيَةٌ لَّهُمْ أَنَّا حَمَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ 36:41

36:41 And (Our) Signs for them (are) that We bear their offspring ( ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ primarily means their offspring; if broken down to ذُرِّيَّ تَهُمْ can mean 'atomic charges' and a tertiary meaning is 'their accusers') in laden (charged/burdened/held back..) 'orbitting ships' الْفُلْكِ (orbits/ships/orbitting ships)

36 Ya-Sin (Ya-Seen)

وَخَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّن مِّثْلِهِ مَا يَرْكَبُونَ 36:42

36:42 and We create for them (whose 'offspring' we bear in الْفُلْكِ , see 36:41 above) similar (metaphorical) things on which they ride (ie, like ships, cars, etc.)

45 Al-Jathiya (The Kneeling)

وَسَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا مِّنْهُ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لَّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ 45:13

45:13 And He has made subservient (of benefit, at your disposal) to you, all that is in the heavens and on earth, altogether from Himself: in this, indeed, there are messages for people who think!

71 Nuh (Noah)

وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا 71:14

71:14 ... and how He has created you in stages?

71 Nuh (Noah)

وَاللَّهُ أَنبَتَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا 71:17

71:17 And God has caused you to arise (grow) out of the earth in [gradual] development (to evolve)

48 Al-Fath (Victory)

48:4 هُوَ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ السَّكِينَةَ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِيَزْدَادُوا إِيمَانًا مَّعَ إِيمَانِهِمْ وَلِلَّهِ جُنُودُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا

48:4 He it is Who sent tranquillity( السَّكِينَةَ pronounce al-sakina; primary meaning tranquility, serenity, Nirvana; if broken down to al-sak- ina may mean 'the one who drove here' or 'the one who drove us'; if broken down to al - sikina may mean 'the knife' and given the similarity in Asian characters for 'knife' /'sword'/'strength' and 'power'...Hebrew Tav=Final/Last/End/Seal; I see now why it is best to remain vague) into the hearts of the Believers, that they may add faith to their faith; for to God belong the Forces (Soldiers) of the heavens and the earth; and God is Full of Knowledge and Wisdom.

Chemistry And Moral Law 101

Semapimod or CNI-1493

There is a relatively new anti-inflamatory drug CNI-1493, or Semapimod that is showing promise for treating Alzheimers.

What effects can be expected when Semapimod (either the entire molecule or just the phenolic portion) is used in situ with organic compounds isolated from olives such as the phenolic compounds oleuropein, hydroxytyrosol, tyrosol, vanillic, p-hydroxybenzoic, sinapic, syringic, protocatechuic and cinnamic acids; and/or terpenoids or aliphatic compounds and products from the shikimic acid pathway found in flowering plants like figs and/or rarer ones specific to figs that are not commonly found in other floral fragrances?
**Note: For what to look for when making substitutions please see Area 51 Revisited above.
If any of this shows up in the LA Time Crossword puzzle over the next few days, then I know I am dreaming and my husband must think I am wayyyy too late for dinner; my goose is cooked!

Ozone

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
112 Ikhlas (Unity, Sincerity)

112:1 قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
112:2 اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ
112:3 لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ
112:4 وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

112:1 Say: God Is One (Singular)
112:2 God Is The Sammad (الصَّمَدُ) (Eternal +Absolute+ Uncaused Cause of All)
112:3 Neither Begets Nor Is Begotten
112:4 And There Is Nothing That Compares To Him (He Is Incomprehensible)


Computer Command

A L M R المر
H M حم
Clang //everyone else can do better, but I just have to keep trying

_____________int sumOdds = 0; int i; for(i = 1; i <= 114; ++i){______
_ ____________ { sumOdds += i; }}___________ _
_ __________ } Do SumOdds__________________

Here is where I tell everyone what We think of the Hole In the Ozone, (Pss on It; Urea decomposes in the presence of Ozone to relatively innoccuous substances, CO2, N2 and H2O) and that should also bring some Water down from the Sky. (I guess in a perfect world we would have more trees. Delivery system need not be overthought, use biogegradable, non-toxic gel capsules to contain the Urea that can then burst under low pressure/high altitude conditions--as a nod to the Bio mavens, you may call it a bladder.)

(NH2)2CO + O3 ----> CO2 + N2 + 2H2O

(As an aside, for the Home Ec. majors--what happens if you do add a little sugar? ...Or Do i key in y ip here, (Why I Pee?))

An interesting article, reported in UnderwaterTimes.com May 6, 2008, Stressed Seaweed Contributes To Cloudy Coastal Skies, summarizes findings that scientists at The University of Manchester have helped to identify that the presence of large amounts of seaweed in coastal areas can influence the climate when kelp releases large quantities of inorganic iodine into the coastal atmosphere, where it may contribute to cloud formation.

A scientific paper published online Monday 6 May 2008, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) identifies that iodine is stored in the form of iodide – single, negatively charged ions. When this iodide is released it acts as the first known inorganic – and the most simple – antioxidant in any living system. The research team also found that large amounts of iodide are released from kelp tissues into sea water as a consequence to the oxidative stress during a defence response against pathogen attack.

Based on their findings, the research team reports that kelps play an important role in the global biogeochemical cycle of iodine and in the removal of ozone close to the Earth's surface. {I am no stranger to begging, so here I am doing it again; anyone happen to have a model for ozone's affect on wind/climate?}
The lead author, Dr. Frithjof Küpper explains, “When kelp experience stress, for example when they are exposed to intense light, desiccation or atmospheric ozone during low tides, they very quickly begin to release large quantities of iodide from stores inside the tissues…These ions detoxify ozone and other oxidants that could otherwise damage kelp, and, in the process, produce molecular iodine.

Large amounts of iodine oxide and volatile halocarbons were measured in the atmosphere above kelp beds and forests. These chemicals act as condensation nuclei around which clouds may form.”

The paper’s co-author, Dr Gordon McFiggans, said, “The findings are applicable to any coastal areas where there are extensive kelp beds…typically places like rocky intertidal zones where kelp can prosper - sandy beaches aren't very good.”

“The increase in the number of cloud condensation nuclei may lead to ‘thicker’ clouds. These are optically brighter, reflecting more sunlight upwards and allowing less to reach the ground, and last for longer. In such a cloud there are a higher number of small cloud droplets and rainfall is suppressed, compared with clouds of fewer larger droplets.”

It recently came to my attention that the relationship between iodine and seaweed had been studied as far back as 1958, The Mechanism of Iodide Accumulation by the Brown Sea Weed Laminaria digitata. The Uptake of 131I , but the importance to iodine from kelp seeding clouds is a relatively more current topic.

Ozone management, encouraging cloud formation (close to shore) and a good rain to flush out airborne pollutants are viable 'air fresheners' that could prevent future 'cosmic' events like the one that zapped Evi.

I don't quite know why this post keeps losing its formatting, but at any rate-- What effect do 'thick' or heavy dark clouds near the shoreline have on pervading winds at sea?

35 Fatir (The Originator of Creation)

وَاللَّهُ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ الرِّيَاحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَابًا فَسُقْنَاهُ إِلَى بَلَدٍ مَّيِّتٍ
فَأَحْيَيْنَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا كَذَلِكَ النُّشُورُ 35:9

35:9 AND it is God who sends the Winds that gather the Clouds; We drive them towards dead land and revive the Earth after it had been lifeless; likewise shall be The Resurrection!

42 Ash-Shura (The Consultation)

42:33 إِن يَشَأْ يُسْكِنِ الرِّيحَ فَيَظْلَلْنَ رَوَاكِدَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ


42:33 if He wills, He stills the Winds, and then they lie motion­less on the Sea’s surface – in this are Signs (messages) for those patient in adversity and deeply grateful...
45 Al-Jathiya (The Kneeling)
45:5 وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ السَّمَاء مِن رِّزْقٍ
فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَتَصْرِيفِ الرِّيَاحِ آيَاتٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

45:5 In the difference between Night and Day and whatsoever God sends down from the sky (be it Revelation or Rain, etc) by His Beneficence to enliven with it the Earth after it (lay) lifeless and distribution (release/dispersal/apportioning..of) the Winds are Signs for people who reason (think).

41 Fussilat (Making Clear, Discernment)

حم 41:1
تَنزِيلٌ مِّنَ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ 41:2
كِتَابٌ فُصِّلَتْ آيَاتُهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ 41:3
بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا فَأَعْرَضَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ 41:
41:1 Ha. Mim. حم
41:2 A Bestowal (Conferral/Transference) from The Merciful, Full of Grace
41:3 A Recitation/Scripture with clear messages (Instructive/Illuminating/Clarifying/Expounding/Descriptive...Signs) in the Arabic language for people of knowledge (educators, thinkers, people who reason)
41:4 Bearing glad tidings and warnings; yet many oppose it for they cannot hear it (understand it)

www.jstor.org/pss/83064 The Mechanism of Iodide Accumulation by the Brown Sea Weed Laminaria digitata. The Uptake of 131I

Ahem, Guys...

___& Not___

_____A Camel......____________ ---______A Cow.

That's why she isn't going to have to kiss anybody, or have another baby, or get married; she can laugh at the Funnies and continue to do the Crossword with impunity; she can cuss like an Old Salt if she feels like it; and yes, it didn't go unnoticed that her browser grabbed that F-bomb session without her having to click 'Publish Post'. Oh, and it does 'Save Now' by the self-same magic.

He Said: 'You know, you gained a few...'

She Said: 'Why should I care when You've already killed me umpteen different times? What can I Diet next?...I know it's not because You want to see me in a bathing suit... So it must be that You are looking for the Camel to Pass through the Needle's Eye!'

None shall Despair of God's Mercy:

Surah 7 A'raf

7:40 إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا وَاسْتَكْبَرُواْ عَنْهَا لاَ تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاء

وَلاَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى يَلِجَ الْجَمَلُ فِي سَمِّ الْخِيَاطِ وَكَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُجْرِمِينَ

7:40 Truly, they who deny Our Signs and scorn them, for them the gates of Heaven will not be opened nor will they enter the Garden until the camel (large twisted rope) can pass through the needle's eye. This is how We requite the miscreants.

Note: If you must let fly with the Camel TOE jokes, then I stake a claim right here, right now to my share in helping to develop the Theory Of Everything (TOE); just to put some salve on the wound.

How It Was, What It Is

He finally catches up with her just as she goes for a GPS constellation, and needless to say, she has been on a Time Out ever since. What conventional vehicle could she possibly find acceptable after the one He jacked?

--and that's why He owes her a Godzillion-bizjillion (that's a number bigger than a google) bunch of money to get over it!

Somewhere in my spotty memory I remember making a minor contribution to the development of sensors for the AEGIS program, but then I might be dreaming or it's NURD GURU for me again.