In the Middle of the Racetrack

Was just sitting here reading some news; the tv on behind me and the cat curled up on my his recliner. A NASCAR commercial came on and the sounds of the race cars graduately kept getting louder, as if they were zooming right by my window.

I turned around and saw the Beej stretching, woken up by the super-loud noise, one of his back paws pushing the volume control on the remote.

Light the Candle

Astronaut Alan Shepard is hurled into space atop a Mercury-Redstone rocket. Freedom 7 was the first American manned suborbital space flight, making Shepard the first American in space. (May 5, 1961)

He later commanded the Apollo 14 mission, and was the fifth person to walk on the moon.

Image Credit: NASA

Great place to nab space related wallpaper.

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I love the scene in The Right Stuff where Sheppard (played by Scott Glenn) is tired of the delays while perched atop the rocket and tells Mission Control "Let's light this candle!"

Police Standoff Ends in Tragedy

From the Newschannel 10 website



A friend of mine who works for the Texas Dept. of Transportation said he was called to help close off the roads in the area.

He called me earlier this a.m. with the news that the man had died.

Bald

This would look a whole lot like me if I had mascara and lipstick on.

And bracelets and earrings.

And a shirt with fringe.

I'd look like an old, flaming Davy Crockett, I expect.

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A fantastic source of war news. His website is well-worth the time spent reading and the photos are both stirring and stunning. Yon is a most respected war journalist/blogger.

I also have the RSS feed on my ISP home page.

Drunk as a Skunk

I really like this one; would be cool to print out and frame if I had a basement rec. room. I'd call it "Stinky Leroy's Bar & Grill".

I've always thought I'd like to own a bar, but I know it'd only be fun for a little while, kinda like being married to a nymphomaniac.