Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton

Thanks for joining me!

This is my spot for sharing all kinds of thoughts on various, seemingly random, interests.

If you’re of a literate inclination, you might be familiar with the inspiration for the blog itself, the wonderful author Douglas Adams. If you haven’t read his Hitchhiker’s Guide series of unique sci-fi comedy with a uniquely British bent, it’s never too late to put a smile on your face.

The Heart of Gold was a  fabulous fictional starship featured in the Hitchhiker’s Guide books, powered by an ‘Infinite Improbability Drive’, based on some absurdity empowered by quantum physics, which, when engaged, made the improbable possible, allowing the ship to simultaneously pass through every point in the universe and as a side-effect, hilarity nearly always ensued.

…it depends on what “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” author Douglas Adams called the Infinite Improbability Drive. Exact descriptions of the technology are somewhat sketchy, as the power source essentially thrives on a blend of theoretical quantum physics and random, surrealist nonsense.

According to Adams, it generates the “infinite improbability field needed to flip a spaceship across the mind-paralyzing distances between the farthest stars.” The same technology, he explains, could also cause all the molecules in a person’s undergarments to leap simultaneously one foot to the left.

Other side effects include hallucinations, mutations and the spawning of enormous marine animals. Hey, everything comes with a price.

Robert Lamb “10 Fictional Spacecraft We Wish Were Real” 27 February 2012.
HowStuffWorks.com. <https://science.howstuffworks.com/10-fictional-spacecraft-we-wish-were-real.htm&gt; 24 February 2020

I thought it a perfect inspiration.