WHERE IS YOUR GOD PARTICLE NOW? BWA-HA-HA-HA!

Here's a curious note: I closed one eye and looked at the illustrations and the photo. When I blurred my vision just enough to soften my focus, the illusion disappeared, and I perceived the rows as parallel. Is it possible that the perception of the "mortar" is the key to this optical effect?

I would just like to add that while most of my work for Star Trek has been as an author of the licensed tie-in novels (for which I co-developed a literary-original series, Star Trek Vanguard), my professional association with Star Trek began as a TV writer. With my friend and former collaborator, John Ordover, I…