The world needs more eccentrics. I was very excited to see that Mr Elon Musk had fired his personal midnight cherry coloured Tesla car into space aboard one of his larger rockets. The vehicle is headed in the general direction of Mars, with a space-suited dummy at the wheel.

It reminded me, somewhat, of a tale I heard about another millionaire who hated washing up. After his wife’s death he bought a container load of china and cutlery. After each meal, instead of washing up, he would hurl the dirty plates and cutlery out of the kitchen window. There is no report of the smashed items re-evolving into unsmashed items, in a sort of “evolutionary” reconstruction. In a way this confirms the second law of thermodynamics, which states, roughly, that disorder tends to increase. For the pedants out there, I did say “roughly”. The theory of evolution demands much the opposite, stating that matter organises itself.

I was surprised to read that Musk is a believer in evolution and in earth being millions of years old. I wonder if he would give me a job? I might follow my relation Ham into space aboard one of his rockets.  (see post on Ham, the astronaut).

Gibber! Gibber

Chugley the Spaced Out Chimp