They’re both somewhat persecuted nowadays, in a loose sense of the word. I thought that Help! Mom! There are Liberals UInder My Bed! was just a joke, but apparently it’s a real children’s book. Jeez, I never knew how the liberals were out to get all our money for wasteful “causes.” Bleeding hearts, always out to make the world better or some such nonsense. At least that’s what our old friend Niner would say (old inside joke).

Not to stir up another storm in the comments (my conservative, moderate, and liberal friends are very decent people but have strong opinions), but the book just seems weird. I wonder what it is about our society today that divides good people so sharply? It seems like primal forces venting in weird ways.

Forget about this stuff, though. I’m still sniffling over the diesel Vanagon (see previous post).

So it looks like biodiesel is a pretty good alternative. In fact Worley and Obetz are selling biodiesel at the pump in nearby Manheim and in my town any day now.

So I just need a diesel car…maybe a used Jetta Ecodiesel model.

Yeah. A VW again. Cool. I’ll look on Ebay.

Hmm. Not much on Ebay, but…wait! Look-an awesome car! Rebuilt turbo diesel engine, upgraded drivetrain, special car features, more. The perfect car. 28-35 mpg, even for a vehicle its size.

But then I show it to my wife. And she says “If you buy another Vanagon Camper, you’ll be sleeping in it, so I hope it has a good heater in addition to the diesel engine.”

Sniff, sniff. Good-bye, cool opportunity. I was even willing to drive you back from Denver, Colorado.

Guess I’ll have to look further for my renewable-energy vehicle. And all I wanted was to save the environment.

The Jetpack Propulsion Home Project.

Gotta give the guy credit for guts, though. (grin)

here.

The program is in terrible disarray, essentially because budget cuts forced engineers to make shortcuts in designs, which led to shortcuts in safety. It seems that half a space program is NOT better than none.

What a shame that the NASA engineers tried so hard to make things work with inadequate resources. I’ll bet the odds are a thousand to one that the agency will get the proper oversight and funding to recover from the shuttle program properly.

This article has a great retrospective on the program, if you have the time to read it. Here’s a sample article comment on the effect of funding restrictions affecting shuttle design:

“The Soviet Shuttle, the Buran (snowstorm) was an aerodynamic clone of the American orbiter, but incorporated many original features that had been considered and rejected for the American program, such as all-liquid rocket boosters, jet engines, ejection seats and an unmanned flight capability. You know you’re in trouble when the Russians are adding safety features to your design.”

But this piece by Jon Stewart recapping the Plame/Rove situation was brilliant.

And I laughed myself silly.

The movie, that is. It’s not the title that interests me (it’s Elizabethtown, Kentucky, actually). I’m just drawn to Cameron Crowe movies.

The trailer is here. It looks good, even if it does seem reminiscent of Garden State.

Wow. Check it out (9 meg movie, though–be aware).

Most people who met him said that very same thing–what a cool cat.

So now he’s gone.

He seemed to rally in past weeks, but I think he was just holding on to stay with us. He just fell apart this morning, to put a kind face on it. He struggled through the day, and I took him to the vet at eight tonight to put him to sleep.

The hard part today was when Drew broke down crying. He didn’t want Dart to die. We told him that Dart wasn’t coming back, but he said he thought things might change. He made Dart a little get well card and sent it with Dart and me to the vet.

Dart was in even worse shape than we thought. His circulation was so poor that they had to use a leg vein for the shot, and try three times to get the needle in properly. I skritched his head, and he purred right until he went to sleep. Forever.

I thought I would be OK, but I broke several times. But even the doctor teared up.

We’ve had three cats, but Dart seemed like he was more. He was different.

He was a cool cat.

I guess that’s all I have to say.

You know, Tom Cruise’s first film role was as a whacked out cadet in Taps. I knew his evil streak would return. This short movie download made me laugh. Especially after today, I needed it. Here’s the link–Sith Lord Tom Cruise fries Oprah.

(So maybe Scientology teaches you some valuable side skills, huh?)

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