A Terribly Unfortunate Thing to Have Happen:

When the Manhattan Project scientists were preparing to set off the first atomic bomb at the Trinity site in New Mexico, some believed there was a chance that the detonation would ignite the atmosphere and cook the entire planet down into something resembling a giant fried marble. One in a thousand, one in a million--but a chance. Tonight around 8 pm, I will be doing something similar with ncpr.org--updating the database that organizes all the news stories and associated pages on the site. If everything goes according to plan, you will wake up tomorrow and notice nothing much has changed. On the other hand, you may check in with ncpr.org and find nothing but a fried marble floating on the screen. Consider prayer.