> Now that I've gotten going on this stuff, I might as well follow through on the thought. Has anyone else ever wondered about the arbitrary labelling of "The West" and "The East"? I mean, they're basically on opposite sides of the world, so why does the Pacific Ocean get the pleasure of being "The Impassable Barrier" at which we split the plant apart when making our flat maps? I mean, heck, Russia and Alaska almost touch in the Pacific Ocean (and at one time, they did) so why not split things up where it's a bit easier, in the Atlantic? I think it's all because of Greenland. You know, it's not like there's anything there... There are probably more people living within a ten-block radius of me than there are in all of Greenland. I say we just start bombing the coastlines until it all falls into the sea and then redraw all of our maps in a more logical fashion. Who's with me?

I've got this huge map on my wall of the world, and it's split in the Atlantic. I'd never seen a map that is until it, so it fascinates me. (Well, most maps do, but..) It's really fun to be able so see the world from that view, and being able to look at distances and routes all on one page. Well, all on one wall, I guess. It's big.

-flyin"heard of Ulithi? what about Pulusuk? Ngatic?"gcats, Hopeful World Traveler