The View From Up Here

August 23, 2010

After World War II ended in Europe, a number of German engineers surrendered to the U.S. Troops.  These men had been the brains behind the V2 rockets that were launched in 1945.  In order to keep the engineers from teaming up with the Russians–who were about to take over control of area, the troops took their charges [...]

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Carpe Diem

August 20, 2010

From Gaping Void – a great way to sum up how I try to live and that includes my philosophy on books.

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I’m Learning to Fly, But I Ain’t Got Wings

August 19, 2010

It’s almost time to leave for Space Camp. I have a 6 am flight on Sunday morning down to Huntsville, Alabama.  Camp is located at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center near where the Marshall Space Flight Center was located. In the early stages of the space program, Marshall was NASA’s home and served as a research facility. [...]

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Bad Girls Talking ‘Bout The Sad Girls

August 18, 2010

One of the books I picked up at Book Expo was a Harper Perennial book titled Bad Marie. Who can’t help but love that title? Marie, like all of us, has her bad qualities, many of them stemming from societal conditioning over the years.  What we see as “bad” in others is often subjective based on [...]

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Bond, James Bond

August 17, 2010

So, that thing I keep talking about…you know, Space Camp?  It’s coming up soon (less than a week to go!), and I decided that not only am I going to bring my camera to take amazing photos for you (which will probably be blurry things of some one’s elbow while on the Multi-Axis Trainer), I [...]

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Idling

August 15, 2010

Did you know that today is National Relaxation Day? My family often jokes about my Grandfather’s inability to sit still.  Opening birthday gifts?  He’ll sit for two seconds before he’s up and off feeding the dogs or watering the plants or washing dishes.  And what’s frightening is that I think it runs in the family. [...]

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