There was another earthquake again today in Chile. Is there such a think as earthquake season? Sometimes I wonder what ancient peoples would have thought about this stuff. It's not as if caveman knowledge was advanced enough to understand the idea of tectonic plates. But now anyone who has CNN, MSNBC, ESPN, NBC, ABC, or the Discovery Channel basically understands tectonics. It is the study of when huge pieces of earth act like those last few ice cubes in the glass: they look like they aren't possibly budging but then some imperceptible shift happens as you tilt the glass and they suddenly spill out over your nose.
But I imagine there was a good story way back when that made people believe they knew what caused earthquakes. I'll bet it included giving natural forces human emotions. Here is my crack at it:
There once was a tectonic plate
Searching the world for his true soul mate
Travels 'round causing quakes
But, none found, his heart aches.
Let's just be glad it won't procreate.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
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