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We have a prize-winner! Mr. Kroeker correctly named the "mystery" font of a few days ago as Trebuchet MS. Waves of congratulations go out to him from the luminiferous aether! The prize is a yet to be completed drawing of an undisclosed Martian landmark. Thanks for playing!


A recent debate was aired on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's radio frequency concerning spacing following full-stops in written English. We here at the martian hop favour less spacing, preferring to let the punctuation do the work it was designed to do. There is more than enough space for us to transverse already.

Lately we have been struck by the comparability of human child-rearing with the introduction of sentient extra-terrestrial life to earth. Like a new-born baby, a Martian arriving on Earth will have to re-learn most of what it did naturally on its home world. Breathing, walking, eating, living may all be much different on Earth. A Martian will have to adapt. A Martian will have to become un-Martian. Revealing themselves on Earth in this way could be extremely undesirable. This may explain the whole tendency towards abduction, and fly-bys in saucers. Or perhaps they come to us in the guise of our children, waiting until the moment is right to make their presence known....