By then, my lungs were aching for air.

No, I haven't been watching reruns of Lloyd Bridges's old TV show Seahunt. Tonight's Myhtbusters, on the other hand, has the gang testing how easy it is to get out of a car sinking deep under water.

(Of course, this is no reference to the Project from Hell, which sprang another leak after yesterday's optimistic post.)

Take me out to the black

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
There's no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
But you can't take the sky from me...

(From Firefly, words & music by Joss Whedon, sung by Sonny Rhodes)

Yes, I have always been a sucker for stories where a misfit joins the crew of a spaceship, and in the process finds a Home. I've read the books of Sharon Lee & Steve Miller. And there is Cherryh's Merchanter's Luck. I know, I know, in that case, the captain is the misfit, whose only Home almost gets taken away by his crew, but you get the idea. The spaceship as as Family.

Does anybody have any other suggestions, modern or not?