Oct
16
2009
Don’t Worry - I Don’t Get This Post Either…
Posted by: Chaoz in Miscellaneous Shit, WTF?, Gratuitous Goodies, Song Of The DayThere before him, a glittering toy no Star-Child could resist, floated the planet Earth with all its
peoples.
He had returned in time. Down there on that crowded globe, the alarms would be flashing across
the radar screens, the great tracking telescopes would be searching the skies - and history as men
knew it would be drawing to a close.
A thousand miles below, he became aware that a slumbering cargo of death had awoken, and
was stirring sluggishly in its orbit. The feeble energies it contained were no possible menace to
him; but he preferred a cleaner sky. He put forth his will, and the circling megatons flowered in a
silent detonation that brought a brief, false dawn to half the sleeping globe. Then he waited,
marshaling his thoughts and brooding over his still untested powers. For though he was master of
the world, he was not quite sure what to do next.
peoples.
He had returned in time. Down there on that crowded globe, the alarms would be flashing across
the radar screens, the great tracking telescopes would be searching the skies - and history as men
knew it would be drawing to a close.
A thousand miles below, he became aware that a slumbering cargo of death had awoken, and
was stirring sluggishly in its orbit. The feeble energies it contained were no possible menace to
him; but he preferred a cleaner sky. He put forth his will, and the circling megatons flowered in a
silent detonation that brought a brief, false dawn to half the sleeping globe. Then he waited,
marshaling his thoughts and brooding over his still untested powers. For though he was master of
the world, he was not quite sure what to do next.
But he would think of something.
- Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey
ANFR: Metallica - “Don’t Tread On Me”
…I know the pieces fit…
BTW, here’s Kayden Kross waiting for you to call. Me? I going to get a steak. Be back.
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