45 minutes and I am about to dieeeeeeee. I am so tired. I love Jon to death, but if we don't get this snoring thing taken care of I'm really going to love him to death.

It remained attached to its mothership for the duration of the flight. Still, cool pics!

Very cool. The comment about NASA annoys me though, NASA space vehicles have to go a helluva lot higher.

NASA space vehicles have to go a helluva lot higher.

And much faster. Mach 25 vs. Mach 3.

Our local hangout (the one that burned down) in 1947 [link]

Timelies all!

Meh, More rain.

Food Activist's Life Becomes The Life of Brian

"After food activist and author Raj Patel appeared on The Colbert Report to promote his latest book, things seemed to be going well, until he began to get inundated with emails asking if he was 'the world teacher.' In events ripped straight from The Life of Brian, it would seem that Raj Patel's life story ticks all the boxes necessary to fulfill prophecies made by Benjamin Creme, founder of religious sect Share International. After the volume of emails and inquiries got worse, Patel eventually wrote a message on his website stating categorically that he was not the Messiah. Sure enough, 'his denial merely fanned the flames for some believers. In a twist ripped straight from the script of the comedy classic, they said that this disavowal, too, had been prophesied.'"

I love when mac's psychiatrist says I'm doing a good job and that my being angry is fine. Mac's med dosage to up (of only one of his meds) and mine to stay the same.

I'm glad that you got that validation msbelle.

Pessimism Prevails in US, Poll Shows

(March 17) -- What's become of the American Dream? Headlines today are calling it a "nightmare," "hallucination" and "sour" after a new survey reveals a pessimistic nation.

In phone interviews with 1,000 adults, Xavier University found that a clear majority of Americans feel that things are much worse off now than they were a generation ago, and that they will only continue to decline. The questions, presented in phone interviews in February, focused on many sides of the American Dream, from opportunity and wealth to financial security, freedom and family.

Of those asked, 68 percent said it would be more difficult for their children to achieve that dream than it was for them, and almost as many believe it is harder now than it was for their parents' generation. The country's long-term prospects are in bad shape too, according to the group. Fifty-eight percent thought the U.S. was in the midst of a steady decline as a world power.

This was the interesting part to me:

Indeed, survey takers discovered that the most pessimistic of all demographic groups was white, middle-aged women located in the Midwest. By contrast, they found:

African-Americans, Latinos and first- or second-generation immigrants view the Dream more positively on nearly every measure ... than do white Americans. Or in other words, the part of our society that is still, by and large, worse off in terms of social or economic measurements is also the same group that is most positive about the American Dream.

This is a bummer.

Limbaugh backtracks on threat to "leav[e] the country" if health reform passes >[link]

I didn't actually subject myself to the audio.