Wow. Just read Michael Chrichton's op-ed piece in the NYT about patented genomes and it was scary to contemplate... Reminded me of the chilling interviews in "The Corporation," especially in the extended special features, with the likes of Noam Chomsky commenting on the issue; Monsanto crop engineering and Big Pharma with its hands on the reins of life itself decide if you eat, live or die. I liked the assistant editor's note yesterday about W.B. Yeats's 'Second Coming', the infamous "rough beast slouching toward Bethlehem", and our petroleum-jonesed insanity over there. With little apparent rationale, after a man argues with a relative, he decides to go berserk with his rifle in a mall in Salt Lake; attention shoppers: time to make your final selections and proceed to the 'checkout counter.' My heart breaks for these people I never knew.