Whomever named Florida the Sunshine State was a spiritual successor to the shmuck who named Greenland. It rains every afternoon here ( Read more... )

So its been 2 weeks since I watched Atlantis lift off, and we know know it returned safely to Earth on schedule. The trip was very much worth the extraordinary amount of effort it required, and I was very glad I invested in a good pair of binoculars before I went. There were a number of things you notice when present for the launch that aren't ( Read more... )

Its Sunday afternoon, and I finally have a few minutes to update my LJ. I flew into Orlando with my father on Wednesday. We checked into the hotel, which was very nice, and then went a block and a half to spend the afternoon at SeaWorld. We had a lot of fun there, although the shows definitely made it worth the trip. After that we crashed for ( Read more... )