More about the life of the astronaut: [link]

[her family] described Nowak as devoted to her three children, and added that a few weeks ago she had separated from her husband, Richard, of 19 years.

Greg Dunston, Nowak's track coach at Charles W. Woodward High School in Rockville, Md., said she was a bright, driven honors student -- and always focused on her dream of being an astronaut.

"It seems so out of character," said Dunston, echoing her family's sentiment. "She's such a warm person to be around -- caring, always smiling."

And disciplined, too.

"If she had a bad day," Dunston said, "she would talk herself out of it."

I get why Sara is at work, but I just fell asleep while sitting in front of the tv with a cup of coffee in my hand, then woke myself up coughing, so now I am wondering about myself.

but I just fell asleep while sitting in front of the tv with a cup of coffee in my hand,

How did you manage to not spill the coffee?

Becoming a psychic is tough, better to start with psychotic and work your way up.

See, I started with psychotic and I'm clawing my way down the DSM-IV.

See, I started with psychotic and I'm clawing my way down the DSM-IV.

I think that might be called "maturing", although I hate to use such a dirty word. Or it's just the pallative effects of coffee and gay porn.

My boss told me this morning to Drop Everything and work on this Very Important Problem and get him some numbers by the end of the day.

Now it's 90 minutes later, and I'm done. Now I'm trying to figure out how long I should goof off and wait to send the results to my boss, to make it seem like the problem I was working on was a lot harder than it really was.

Maybe we should send Nilly to check this out for us: Snakes used in massage treatment in Israel

Spa owner Ada Barak gives a snake massage treatment, where she lets loose the reptiles on the body of customer Liz Cohen, at her spa in the northern communal village of Talmey El'Azar Feb. 1, 2007. Barak uses California and Florida King snakes, corn snakes and milk snakes in her treatments, which she said were inspired by her belief that once people get over any initial misgivings, they find physical contact with the creatures to be soothing.

How did you manage to not spill the coffee?

I managed not to spill it on the laptop. Sorry Perkins.

To go along with your snake massage, slug facial.

Mike Rowe and Jon Stewart were wonderful together, two smart, witty guys obviously having a fun time cracking each other up. Two tastes that taste great together, discussing Avian Vomitology and Chick Sexing, among other things.