But we’ve heard nothing — and one of the reasons might be that we’re listening all wrong... (we are) now looking for the telltale flashes of ali...ns communicating with lasers. It’s a different approach to previous laser experiments that assumed that ET would constantly be beaming signals toward us. Laser SETI could find a very short ping from anywhere on the night sky. Indeed, it could detect a laser flash as short as a millisecond or less, and one that might not repeat for days, weeks, or even. ... I was separating my face from the keyboard from where, In hope that it might jar my brain into gear, I had smashed my head into it several times. Hopelessly lost, I grabbed the Jack from the hidden stash, drained about half the bottle, and when to the down-stairs bathroom to take a shower and start going to bed. Lost in the haze of alcohol and the steam of the shower, the image of my daughter came rushing back into my head. feeling his cue was on, my happy stick flipped up like a light. "She took my hand and held it in her lap. "You're so sweet!" She sniffled.She scooted over and pulled me up to where I was sitting next to her. Shesniffled some more and I put my arm around her (it seemed sort ofnatural, since I'd already fucked her). She turned and put her head on mychest, her sobbing subsiding slowly. She looked into my eyes. "I'm sosorry, I must look a mess! Mascara running, nose running." She rubbed ather nose with her hand."No, Aunt Josie, you look beautiful." And it was. He smiled broadly when he saw me. I have to say, he was a damn good-looking guy.“Morning, bro,” he said, and leaned in for a hug that lasted just a bit longer than a bro-hug normally does. I felt strangely excited.“Hiya,” I said. “What’s in the backpack?”“Supplies,” he said, giving me another of those sly smiles. “Let’s go, I already got the bikes.”He led the way outside, where two cruising bikes were parked in the driveway. We slipped the water bottles into the holders and climbed on.“Where.