Monthly Archive for April, 2006

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Of Astronauts and Role Models

A guy that I worked with in the lab last summer is back up visiting from his job with a NASA contractor in Texas. He just told me a story about how he ended up getting a ride to his car from Eileen Collins on a rainy day. I had to glare at him, especially as he still has not gotten me an autograph from one of the chief role models from my childhood. I should have told him that the best I've got so far is getting a letter sent to me personally from Kathryn Thornton when applying to graduate schools.

Josh Ritter Video

During the encore for our show, Josh came out with an acoustic guitar and sang "Lawrence, KS" completely unplugged.  Someone in the audience caught a video of it.  The lights were low, so the videos not fantastic, but it's plenty good enough.

Executions

"In its annual survey on the death penalty, Amnesty International said 94% of the 2005 executions took place in China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the US." #
Um... is this really a list we want to be a part of?