I didn't have Lake Erie, I had Lake Yellowstone. I dunked us in the underwater canyon."Ship?" Mr Kirby?" He was huffy. How can a computer be 'huffy'? ...'d seen 2001 ... on the Big screen, back when I lived in Kansas, in 1968. Hal was spooky ... a thinking computer in a mood, just like Ship. In a way I was glad Ship didn't know my real name. In the mood he was in, to have him answer "Yes, Dave?" would scare me half to death."Tell me about yourself." What do you mean, Mr Kirby?" You say you're the. I turn to face him as I begin to crawl towards him on all fours. I’m only wearing my collar, which is required. One of Master’s rules is, whenever I’m home I’m to be naked, unless told otherwise. He sits in the only chair we had in our room. He is in fact only in his towel, he watches me crawl to him. I make my way to the chair, and I kneel before him. “Good girl. Now I've thought about your punishment, you found the need to enjoy yourself without me. Well, now you’re going to show me what you. "That's where general relativity comes in. The planets move in a straight line through curved space-time just like the apple in orbit. It just looks like a curved path to us because we are only able to see in three dimensions. The dimension of time which warps space we can't see as a dimension. There is no force pulling the astronaut around the planet. He and the apple are moving in a straight line. The apple doesn't fall because it is already moving in a straight line in curved space-time.. Frank Pedersen looked a little nonplussed when Margie and I were shown in."Margaret, Mr. McMillan? What's this about?" Oh, I'm pretty sure you know what this is about, Frank." Margie was doing her best to be civil but I could hear the venom in her voice. "Tommy and I are here to strongly recommend that you keep you're fat nose out of our private affairs."Margie took a seat in front of his desk and I stood at the side with my arms crossed looking down at him and doing my best to appear.