We are all made of comet dust

The National ^ | Jun 16, 2013

[A Navy Vet]

Wow! Big news! I remember years back scientists saying the same thing. They also said that we are heading into a new ice age and that there are no inherent differences between boys and girls - nature vs. nurture crap.

Tomorrow, they will discover something else to prove themselves wrong.

[Lancey Howard]

Joni Mitchel knew this over 40 years ago:

"We are stardust..."
(From 'Woodstock')

[dagogo redux]

We are stardust...
(Billion year old carbon)
We are golden...
(Caught in the devil’s bargain)
And we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.

By the time we got to Woodstock
We were half a million strong.......

[nickcarraway]

I thought I was made of puppy dog tales?

[nickcarraway]

GMTA. Or something.

[laplata]

I’m not made of comet dust and my ancestors weren’t monkeys.

[nickcarraway]

Were you made of monkeys, and your ancestors were comet dust?

[dagogo redux]

LOL! Beat me while I was typing.

Well, speaking of Stardust:

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=stardust+carmichael+lyrics&mid=761E679621E181A41559761E679621E181A41559&view=detail&FORM=VIRE4

[21twelve]

I’m reminded of “ashes to ashes, dust to dust”. And in Genesis where God forms man from the dirt.

Reminds me of the story where God and some scientist are arguing about creation/evolution. With the scientist saying how he can create life out of the dirt. So God says - “Okay - you and me, let’s go.

So God grabs a handful of dirt and the scientist grabs a handful. God looks over and exclaims “Hey! Get your own dirt!”

[Gene Eric]

>> intriguing evidence that comets may indeed have played a key role in the origin of life on Earth

Prometheus.

[Lancey Howard]

Okay then.. You just made me go to my bookmarks for a favorite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTsx-wLq2vY

[dagogo redux]

Great stuff!

Thanks.

[Lancey Howard]

“In the street you threw a coin
To a beggars cup
You looked down
And he looked up

Oh, ashes to ashes, man, dust to dust.”

I don’t know how heavy you guys can take your music, but if you like the kind of music they play on ‘Sons of Anarchy’, check this out. (This song was in a SoA episode a couple of years ago.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUXWQD9OpE0

[jocon307]

“God looks over and exclaims “Hey! Get your own dirt!”

Good one!

[Explorer89]

Not quite sure which ping list this article should belong to.

[Ken522]

... and snakes and snails!

[rawcatslyentist]

Who you trying to jive with all this cosmic debris? FZ

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Snips and snails...