Rather than fill this page with a frivolous book introduction that you would soon forget, I thought it would be better to answer all of your questions about the nature of the universe. It's more work for me, but you're worth it. Here are the questions I get asked most often:

Q: I'm a student studying to be an engineer. Is it my fate to sit in a cubicle?

A: No, it's unlikely that you'll be sitting. Recent studies show that if employees are piled like firewood, up to forty can be stored in one cubicle. It's not an ideal arrangement, but you'll get used to it. One thing they don't teach you in school is that you can get used to anything if someone forces you.

Q: Do praying mantises burp?

A: Yes, if they run with their mouths open. That causes huge air pockets to form in their thoraxes, not to mention their boraxes and their pickaxes. That air has to go someplace, otherwise the praying mantis becomes bigger and bigger until it eventually buys dark glasses and becomes Howard Stern. But that only happened once.

Q: Is the planet controlled by a secret society of highly intelligent people?

A: No, we don't like to think of ourselves as a "society." It's more of a cabal. By the way, what was your home address? We'd like to send you something.

Q: Where's the rest of the moon when it's not a full moon?

A: When they landed on the moon in 1969, the astronauts shoveled most of the moon's surface into special containers and took it home. They would have taken the whole thing, but they needed to keep some dirt there to hold the flag up. If you see something that looks like a full moon, that's either a false memory or someone playing a practical joke on you.

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