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Last night's episode of ' Lost ' finally revealed the basic structure of their entire mythology. I have suspected, for a long time, that the ultimate explanation was going to revolve around the many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics and, sure enough, that is what was revealed last evening. In the latest episode we encounter parallel lives, parallel realities, shifts in consciousness between the two of them and we also were introduced to a character, as physics professor, performing hard scientific research into the phenomena. A scientific sheen has now been cast over every Fortean strangeness we have encountered to date. I have to say that I am quite pleased that my suspicions all along have been confirmed and I look forward to watching the show evolve from this point forward. This isn't the first time that TV has dabbled into quantum reality weirdness ( Sliders , Journeyman ), but is is certainly being done at the highest level of story telling. What I am...

Here is a photograph of my friend Adam Moravanszky . Adam was in town last week and I was able to spend the weekend sharing a bit of the American suburban experience with him. What follows are some photographs from robotics club, DeMolay events, and a few family pictures. By the way, I just found out that my friend Pierre Terdiman is now actively posting again on his website after a very long hiatus. Check it out here.