I love this story!
It’s great that the four-legged family member made it clear he did not like the woman because she mistreated the little toddler she was supposed to be caring for and that the mom picked up on the dog’s behavior as a clue that something might be amiss.
Nasa announced today that the Voyager spacecraft had become the first man-made spacecraft to cross the barrier marking interstellar space.
No, not THAT Voyager!
THIS Voyager!
I’ve been waiting several months for NASA to announce that the Voyager 1 unmanned spacecraft, launched 36 years ago, had finally crossed the magnetic boundary that separates our solar system from the rest of the galaxy. Some have said that it actually crossed sometime in the last year, but there is debate about what constitutes the barrier. Today’s announcement is just a formal confirmation that Voyager 1 has done so, traveling 36 BILLION miles in the past 36 years.
If you want to learn more about the Voyager 1 spacecraft, this is a good site.
Went to the hotel gym right after work only to find that both treadmills were non-functioning. A certain dread began to creep up my spine and I slowly turned to the corner where this mechanical creature sat, a low, evil chuckle emerging from somewhere in its metal and plastic interior.
I’ve been afraid this day would come and now it is here. I don’t want to skip my workout. I’m in a good habit of doing it almost every day after work and it’s helped me drop a few pounds so far and seems to be helping with my overall health. But this pile of nuts and bolts and pulleys is a different breed of physical torture. It knows that, right now, it is capable of kicking my butt.
And so do I.
“Doesn’t matter.”, I tell myself, “You’ve got to at least try.” And so I straighten myself, walk over to the machine and climb on.
DAMN!
Twelve minutes was all I could do! I woozily stepped off, my thighs and calves burning while feeling like wet noodles, all at the same time. Took a 3 minute breather then moved over to the free weights and did some different reps. I was mush!
I hope they have the treadmills fixed by tomorrow.
I downloaded a new (for me) app called Tangent that allows you to apply artistic filters to your photos. This one reminds me of the psychedelic 60’s.
One of my co-workers sent this to me today. I got a big laugh out of it and thought you might as well.
Just testing to be sure mobile posting works. If you see this, then it does.
It was on this date in 1966 that the first prime time episode of “Star Trek” aired on NBC. I was 11 years old. I watched it, I loved it. I still do.
One of my favorite ways to spend Sunday afternoon is in bed with the Sunday Edition of The New York Times.
For years I have kept up various individual blogs and websites about my interests under assorted and sundry sites. Blogger, Facebook, Google+, Tumblr, Posterous and others. I’ve also had various Twitter accounts to go with most of the above. But over time I found that method of operation to be too time consuming so…
Today, that changes.
Now, with the exception of my interest in freelance writing which will remain separate at its current site, all my other interests, thoughts and opinions will be posted here in this one single spot. If you want to take a look at some of my interests, you’ll find them over on my “About” page on this site.
