Close to Home by John McPherson for May 18, 2012

Must have got it from Acme where Wiley Coyote shops.

That is a noble sacrifice of Ben: after the asteroid crashes down upon him, flattening Ben out, the spring will push the rock back into outer space, thus saving the Earth.

And obsessive fears lead to obsessive and strange behaviors.

Beats that Joe Rocket kid who wore a bike helmet when she heard that Texas-sized fireballs would spring from Jupiter, even after Joe said they wouldn’t come near Earth.

Reminds me of a joke: One alien says to his boss, “Sir, we’ve discovered a way to telepathically control the people of earth but there’s a catch.”“What is it?”“We can only control them while they’re wearing tinfoil hats.”

The spring on Ben’s helmet reminds me of the spring boards in the Sonic The Hedgehog games.

NASA News (from 2 days ago, sometimes the caption is more current than anticipated when written)

his last name is Dover

I hope he’s reinforced his spine and legs. :-D

was it fear or neccessity that was the father of invention lol