At first I thought it might be that I just have nothing interesting to say to this group. Now, I see it a bit differently.

I began this ET adventure a few years ago with a diary called "The Quiet Coup". I've read the same story written by others about five times since then, --here and elsewhere--, by people who are theoretically "Serious People". None did it much better, I think.
There's a certain wry satisfaction in being right, even if one is still sitting in the burning house. But the workload is high, and I get more real satisfaction from telling a totally fictitious "wizard and dragon" story to my girls.
With a lot less research.

Hm.
Food for thought

Capitalism searches out the darkest corners of human potential, and mainlines them.

But now, it's between McCain and Obama. And it is an obvious choice.

"The womb that spawned that thing is fertile yet"