I don’t know how old this is, but it made me giggle.
Month: August 2005
touchdown!
The space shuttle Discovery just made a perfect landing at Edwards Airforce Base in the Mojave Desert. What a magical feeling, to imagine the descent from the reaches of the human experience to the familiar here.
a source of strength
I very rarely watch the evening news, but on September 11th and throughout the following days, I was glued to ABC and Peter Jennings. I was grateful for his calm air, his continuous presence, and his sheer humanity. After I’d spent too many hours of staring disbelievingly at the screen, his weariness was a welcome reminder that I was not alone, and that it was okay to feel so…well, I guess you know.
intelligent like a bush
In a shocking turn of events, Rick Santorum has that he’s “not comfortable with intelligent design being taught in the science classroom.†Unfortunately, it was his response to our dear president saying that he is.
tough guys
I don’t know a lot about John Bolton, certainly less than I should, but even if I thought he were the swellest guy in the world, this would piss me off.