it's been over a month now... i am reminded of a recent episode of lost, where jacob holds a beaker with what looks like oil inside it, turning it upside down and comparing that to something about the island, saying that he's the stopper preventing it from escaping and causing damage. the man in black later smashes the beaker which releases the fluid. it makes me wonder if _lost_ caused this big spill, messing around with the space/time continuum... you might've also heard that foucault's pendulum -- the original, in france -- just snapped its cable, causing irreparable damage to its spherical bob... a lost episode from a past season had a pendulum. so again, i wonder if the end of lost is responsible. if there's something in the series finale which will explain the theft this week of those five paintings, well, i think that just might tie everything together. otherwise, i'm not expecting any answers. are you? oh yeah, we also found out this week that b.p. has been lying all along about how much oil is leaking. i was not surprised by that admission... were you? -bowerbird