My ego has been stroked...

and my Id retired for the nonce. Thanks to all who replied. There will be more.

In the meantime, I am preparing an Ediacaran Tale to rival Chaucer and Dawkins. Well, not rival exactly, but more weakly emulate. This will tell the Tale of a Pilgrimage to the Ediacaran, and beer.

Speaking of ID, I saw someone refer to the Discovery Institute, that hotbed of ID research, as "Disco". It suits them. They dance a silly dance and we sensible folk who survived the 70s can mutter "Death to Disco!" under our breath as we shake our head in disbelief.