In a message dated 7/4/2001 11:10:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, zacharin@pluto.dsu.edu writes: << I like the rest of this, but how are we here if the Earth blew up- and if the Earth didn't blow up, then how did he die in its blowing up? >> Well that's the rub, isn't it? Who knows? Peter Berard "I got gnus for you, buddy."