
I must say, I find the concept of a seed vault on a far-flung Norwegian island north of the Arctic Circle extremely cool. It even looks cool. You can learn all about the vault, which officially opens today, on its
official site (warning: photo downloads there are 20+ MB; thumbnail below taken from the site). Given Carl Sagan's rough calculation that humans are pretty likely to destroy themselves, I don't think the seed vault is all that far-fetched.

The "film nerd" in the third panel is my friend Justin, who makes a brief appearance in the upcoming
Starship Troopers 3, and who keeps threatening to start his own blog any day now.
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