Then it will start all over again. And when it does, and the aforementioned weed-like technology allows me to teleport the candidates to my Moon House and grill them in person about how they plan to develop the planet Phneurgon, they'd better be ready. I'll have been watching their every move.
Sara Faith Alterman is dizzy and bored. She can be reached at salterman@phx.com.
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