CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK: SETI Man
In a dark and dreary corner of the city, I delivered a pizza to the door of a gentleman with a missing front tooth, an unruly mop of hair, and eyes that gave the impression that no one was home. Think C.S. Lewis' Uncle Andrew from The Magician’s Nephew.
As he paid for the pizza, he began to regale me with tales of his involvement with SETI: the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence. As evidence, he pointed to some graphs on his computer’s monitor. “Searching the noise of deep space for intelligent patterns,” he said.
I expressed wholehearted agreement, and then beat a hasty retreat.
Mr. SETI Man, I salute you and all your freaky kind.
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