There was an intriguing report last night on the news that some scientists had extracted a salt water drop out of a salt crystal laid down some 200 million years ago. When they warmed it up to room temperature and examined it under magnification it was teeming with primative life forms.

They were suggesting that salt samples from Mars might contain their own life forms, not just fossils. Of course, if we ever revive such creatures they'll invariably escape the lab, expand in size and take over the Earth.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble