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Fly, Columbia
Thirteen years ago today.
Col. Rick Husband, Lt. Col. Michael Anderson, Cmdr. Laurel Clark, Capt. David Brown, Cmdr. William McCool, Dr. Kalpana Chawla and Col. Ilan Ramon (Israeli Air Force). -
You remind me of....
It probably says something about me that my first reaction on hearing David Bowie's age at time of death was "That's so young!" -
To those who keep saying Texas should secede already
- That's been tried before, and it's not gonna happen again.
- I'm one of those Texans you want to shove out of our country. Don't lump me in with the idjits you despise; I have more reason to dislike them than you, because it may be national news to you but it's local news for me.
- There are a lot of other Texans who don't deserve to be thrown out of ( Read more... )
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Happy New Year's Eve!
I am giggling like a fiend this morning ( Read more... ) -
Veterans Day thoughts
To all veterans reading this, thank you for your service.
A few years back, I was in a conspiracy to provide a sword for a Marine who hadn't gotten one when she was on active duty. The conspiracy was a success, thanks in part to wcg helping me out with how one should present a sword to a Marine, and other than the occasional reminder here and there ( Read more... ) -
For once, Texas doesn't need rain
Plenty of rain coming down. We're in no danger.
I'm being prudent and waiting for a break in the rain before I get the mail, though. -
My Google-fu is failing me
So there's this episode of a TV show I'm half-remembering, and it's driving me up the wall. Here's what I remember:- Late 1980s or early 1990s
- Anthology show, possibly the sort of late-night thing I only got away with watching because my mom was working nights, or possibly I was at college and didn't need anyone's permissin to watch trashy TV
- The ( Read more... )
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Speculations and ruminations
Recently I took a week off from work - nothing fancy, just a staycation where I relaxed, did some spinning, did some knitting, did some yard work, and did some other stuff. The best part was that by the time it was ready for me to go back to work, I felt like I'd had a nice stretch of time off. The second best part was that when I came back to ( Read more... )