That was wonderfully freaky. Kind of makes the idea of nanotechnology "assemblers" a little less rediculous.

Stefan

P.S. Heard on "A Prairie Home Companion" many years ago and just Googled up now:

O Chromosome
Oh, Chromosome, Oh, Chromosome. How fateful is thy mission?
Thou givst to life variety, not brought by simple fission.
From out remote antiquity thou bringest my heredity.
Oh, Chromosome, Oh, Chromosome. How fateful is thy mission.

Oh, Chromosome, Oh, Chromosome. What burdens dost thou carry?
Oh, Chromosome, Oh, Chromosome. One hardly dares to marry.
There's atrophy and cataract, by which one may be blinded.
Epilepsy and wanderlust, and even feeble-minded.

Oh, Chromosome, Oh, Chromosome. How fateful is thy mission.
Oh, Chromosome, Oh, Chromosome. How sad is my condition.
My grandsire's gift for writing well has gone to some lost polar cell.
So I give out this doggerel. I cannot do much better.