Of UFOs and other thoughts

Iwas recently whiling away a few joyful hours in transit in yet another anonymous airport on the way to another conference.After contemplating why in American airports it is physically impossible to get any sort of food that is capable of sustaining a healthy life, I felt the need to search for something to read.At a news stand, I found a copy of the Worst Case Survival Handbook (by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht, Hardie Grant Books) to re-read.I was of course immediately taken by the instructions on how to foil an alien abduction.Some of you may think this is somewhat farfetched however I draw your attention to a recent survey that suggested 4 million Americans have been the victims of such events.Forearmed with that knowledge and with one eye looking for flying saucers, I was entranced.