The big Van de Graaff is something I always wanted to build- probably a dual (half to positive, the other to negative) with 3 foot spun aluminum terminals ($$$).

Your title of "God" seems well earned!

the local cops told me to stop driving at 40 miles an hour on the sidewalk.

As a teenager, I always found it thrilling to speed on my bike under my own power. Never got a ticket though .

Stu