I am, as Radio Derb fans know, a huge fan of Stephen Hawking. This, however, I am not getting.

The guy has been quadriplegic for decades. He communicates by twitching the one muscle that still works (in his face–the muscle is connected to a voice synthesizer). He breathes through a tube, and a bad cold would likely kill him. He needs a platoon of nurses to keep him fed, washed, & dressed. And HE’S WORRIED ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING?

I’m sitting here worrying about where my next check is coming from, and whether I can get away with not mowing the lawn for another day or two, and what the heck to do with the kids over the summer vacation, and when on earth I’ll be able to afford a new car, and how I am ever going to finish reading the extremely dull 600-page book I have contracted to deliver a review on by July 7, and a dozen other things of immediate and stressful import; and Stephen Hawking is worried about GLOBAL WARMING? How does he find the time? Oh, right.