OK, I know there's all kinds of important and dismal stuff that I should be writing newspoetry about. But look at this thing! A fukkin-A Space Elevator! http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/23/science/space/23ELEV.html?8hpib On the downside, of course, there's the prospect of having to listen tp "Girl from Ipanema" for a solid week on the way up :)