Hey! Those Are My Ancestors You're Talking About There Fella!

"Circa 982, Erik the Red and a bunch of other Vikings landed in Greenland and thought, "Wow! This land really is green! Who knew?" So they started farming it, and were living it up for a couple of centuries. Then the Little Ice Age showed up, and they all died. A terrible warning to us all about "unsustainable development": If a few hundred Vikings doing a little light hunter-gathering can totally unbalance the environment, imagine the havoc John Edwards' new house must be wreaking." [ And now you've gone and tarnished their reputation by mixing them up with a "fetus whisperer". And if you have concerns about my keyboard style, check out what the fetus whisperer considers kosher... -ed. ]