Awesome thought provoking post! Now at my age I am so much closer to the end than the beginning of my life, death becomes more real and acceptable. I just hope that it is as painless as possible. If there is a life after death does it really matter? Would we even realize it if we get there?

Of course UFOs! Why not? But wouldn't life on the other planets in the universe be burdened by same space-time limitations that we are?