Now This Is Highly Scary

Here I sit, in my own chair, in my own living room, both feet planted firmly on the floor. I am almost 3000 kilometers away from the object of my fright. And still I feel queasy.

Just reading about the new glass-floored observation deck on the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower in Chicago has me shuddering. I can fly in a plane or a helicopter, I can hover at any altitude I like using Google Earth. But just looking at pictures of that thing gives me the willies. Same with the Skywalk over the Grand Canyon.

That's the irrational power of acrophobia.

Update: Dizzifying photos here. Go ahead and look--if you dare!