I love practically everything you do, so no surprise that I loved this. Sometimes I regret the fact that we kind of have to write short for LJ Idol because otherwise the reading load would be too enormous. This was one of those times. :-)

Have you read Connie Willis's Doomsday Book? Your piece reminds me a lot of that.

Are you referencing Einstein's theory about the effects of gravitation on light? I like your explanation a lot. :-)