I'm going to go pee. If the universe is bigger and stranger than I can imagine, it's best to meet it with an empty bladder.

The universe is a big place. Maybe we're not in the best neighborhood.

There are few moments of clarity more profound than those that follow the emptying of an overcharged bladder. The world slows down, the focus sharpens, the brain comes back on line. Huge nebulous difficulties prove on close calm examination to be merely cloud giants.

After our negotiations were completed, the dome would be imploded and launched toward the nearest black hole, so that none of its atoms would ever contaminate this particular universe again. I thought that last part was overkill.

I would say I'm a medium-sized 'Star Trek' fan. I love the universe that it's created.

It is my supposition that the Universe in not only queerer than we imagine, is queerer than we can imagine.