I am right now planning for the first day of class tomorrow and am looking through some first-day-of-class notes from a few years ago.  I apparently asserted that science was "knowledge-making on the edge of the metaphysical abyss."

Yeah, I was all talk in those days.

And speaking of metaphysical abyss - you'd be surprised how often I'm able to use that as a segueway - there's no way John Adam's "Hallelujah Junction I" ever gets old.  I'm listening to it on repeat right now.  Pianos rarely transcend spacetime.  I should know.  I stood next to the people that moved my piano for me.