"Who knows, my God, but that the universe is not one vast sea of compassion actually, the veritable holy honey, beneath all this show of personality and cruelty?""The Origins of the Beat Generation" by Jack Kerouac (1922-03-12-1969-10-21)

"We are currently over three years into Cycle 24. The current predicted size makes this the smallest sunspot cycle in about 100 years." Solar Physics - Solar Cycle Prediction - Updated 2012 - 4 - 2