I'm in the coffee room getting hot water for my tea. Some guy is there making his coffee so, being the chatty guy I am, I say "what would we do without coffee?" A valid statement, I think -- I *must* have coffee, not for the caffein but for something else in it, not sure exactly what. But I drink tea during the day after my morning espresso, because too much coffee makes me tense.
But I digress.
His response was, "There would be a substitute. There's a substitute for everything, including yourself and myself."
Deep thoughts for a Monday morning.
Ooh, and I will be starting some book research with my father and another friend, one that may go a ways towards shaking up the world a bit. Can't talk about it, but it will be quite the amazing bit of work when it's done.