I am really loving the Kindle that Jose gave me for Christmas. In three months, I’ve read 5 books —…
Rodeo
It’s been in town for a couple weeks, but last night we made our annual pilgrimage to the Houston Livestock…
Soyuz 24S Returns Home
Last night I stayed up well into the wee hours to watch the Soyuz 24S undock and return. It wasn’t…
links for 2011-03-15
The second tooth | dooce® This Dooce story made me laugh so hard. (tags: dooce blogs kids) U.S. Space Shuttle…
Dogs and Teddy Bears
Life has been quiet since the mission ended, thankfully. I’ve spent a lot of time catching up on my sleep…
Welcome Home Discovery
Space Shuttle Discovery returned to Earth for the final time this morning. It was a picture perfect landing, a fitting…
Winding Down
A few months ago, I thought I’d be spending this weekend running with my BAM buddies in the Texas Independence…
STS-133 Team Photos
Time for some gratuitous photos of yours truly! Here I am at the Rendezvous console towards the end of last…
In a Fog
The working-a-mission black hole continues. The fog this morning at 3:00 am was crazy thick — the photo above doesn’t…
STS-133 Rendezvous
The much-delayed STS-133 finally launched on Thursday afternoon — with 2 seconds to spare in the launch window, no less!…
Go STS-133
I can’t remember which morning I took this picture. I think it was last Tuesday, since I’ve got regular 7…
Layered Frozen Mousse Pie
Here’s the last of the three cooking posts. It’s just as well that I had these, because it was a…
