Drama in Space. Why is no one talking about it.

I have always been fascinated by space and the idea of mankind exploring a new frontier. With the recent troubles on the International Space Station I find it sad and somewhat depressing that no one around me is talking about it. When I do try to mention it I am faced with blank stares and non-committal shrugs. Do people not realize how important these things are to our future as a species? So, to sum up the current situation on the Space Station right now.

Apparently computer systems on the station that control oxygen, orientation, and water supplies crashed recently and has yet to be started back up. Of course the spin is that its not a critical issue. While at the same time officials are saying this has never happened before and it might cause them to abandon the space station for the first time in its history. Sounds serious to me. Not having oxygen, water, or the ability to stay in a stable orbit is pretty damn serious. 100 billion dollar cost aside this can be a serious setback in our efforts to lay claim to our future as space explorers. Imagine how hard it will be to get funding if a major disaster were to strike the Space Station. Wake up world. Things momentous are happening that affect the future of man.

http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&gl=us&ncl=1116692570

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_space_station

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html 

Have Books. Will Travel.

If you are a fan of the Traveler show on ABC then please sign this petition, asking for a second season. Atm there is little chance of the show being continued which means that those of us who have watched the first 3 episodes, and loved them, will find ourselves with no way to get the answers we are looking for in this enigmatic show. Let’s tell ABC that we want real shows, that make you think. You can sign the petition here:

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?willtrav

If you have not yet seen the show you can watch the episodes online at ABC.com.

You have to watch ads. No we don’t.

Here is a clever little comic explaining one aspect of free software:

http://f8d.org/?c=91 

Nice.

Paris Hilton

Jumping on the Paris Hilton bandwagon is lame. Just because you hate people that are better off than you doesn’t make it right to care about what happens to celebrities.. try being concerned and interested in the thousands of people who go to jail for the same reasons and who are not well-known. Again, I say that you are lame.

Police raid wrong apartment.

Imagine you are cooking dinner when suddenly 15 police officers break down your door and run into your apartment throwing flash grenades and screaming at you. I have a lot of respect for certain individual police officers but in general I find that incidents such as these are largely inexcusable. When you are in such a position of power and responsibility you better be able to find the right fucking apartment before you terrorize some innocent family. These people will never forget what happened to them. Note that the police spokesman “doesn’t know how this happened” and that he says it is regrettable. Yeah. Thanks. They feel a lot better now. Oh, incidentely the real targets of the raid got away. Great job Annapolice (sic).

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-raid0607,0,634821.story?coll=bal-local-headlines

Insomnia + Migraine

4:48 AM

I havnt slept in two days.

At this point I would gladly trade any illness for my migraines. Imagine working in a busy kitchen for 10 hours while suffering from a form of headache that gets worse with physical activity. Bright lights send jagged shooting streaks of pain from your eyes to the rest of your head. Loud noises make you want to cry. And then, finally, after 100’s of plates of food dished up. You are done for the night. You go home and think that you can finally relax… it is not going to happen. Your neighbors are drunk and playing their instruments all night. You want to ask them to stop but just getting out of bed and approaching the sounds is going to cause you incredible amounts of pain.. some will say, “call the police”. If you are anything like I am, that is not an option. Why the hell should a police officer waste time and tax money, in order to tell someone to stop making noise. When you can just as well do it yourself. That is if you are not in excruciating pain. You never do manage to fall asleep. You distract yourself playing video games and watching t.v. And then, at 6:00am, just when you are starting to doze off. The fire alarms go off. Big, loud, screeching, fire alarms. Repeat 3 times in the next 12 hours. So yeah. Having a migraine makes me into a whiny little bitch.

Java Applets

Java Applets can be pretty neat. Amazing simulations and effects. Fun games. etc. But when they automatically run when you are least expecting it .. they can cause hell for computer users. I’m sure you have all had that experience. Suddenly your browser pauses everything it is doing.. you think its crashing. And then the Java Debugger window pops up. You begin to realize what is happening and cross your fingers. There is no going back. You must wait for the applet to load. Sometimes its quick. Other times you resort to “end task”. Sometimes it never stops loading. No matter what the reward, it causes undue stress in our lives. Stop with the automatically loading and starting Java Applets dammit! Fuck.

Question of the moment.

Why keep your tongue in your mouth?

It is not cute.

http://3113.com/cute_pet_costumes/cute_pet_costumes.html

Everyone one of these assholes should be forced into parading in front of crowds naked while wearing funny hats or something else equally humiliating. Animals do not like to wear clothing! All of these dogs are suffering for your own desire to get attention. LAME

Who the hell cares?

I do.

It is late at night and my first day off from work in weeks. I also have a migraine. So I am in pain and grouchy. Time to bitch about .. well whatever I can find to bitch about to relieve some of the pressure.

Fire Alarms. No I am not talking about the lame “beep beep beep” kind. Imagine large horns and bells with flashing lights and loud screeching noises. Anyone who suffers from migraines can imagine the hell I went through when the alarms went off at my apartment building not once, not twice, but three separate times today. The fire alarms here are incredibly sensitive. If you so much as look at the burners on your stove they will go off. They go off at least four times a week. Makes me wonder how people will react when the fire is real.

Is it possible to justify keeping your neighbors up all night via badly played guitar and piano? Apparently I am an asshole to complain because they are “artists”. My response: Get a fucking job and stop drinking every night. Save your money, and move out of my life.

Starting to heat up a little bit. What else?

Ants! actually they are neat little pricks. Just wish they would stop crawling up my legs in search of food.

Semi-intelligent wanna-be philosophers that sit on the front stoop all night rambling about the purpose of life. You are born. You eat. You Fuck. And then you die. Now, clean up your piles of Pabst beer cans and get some sleep.

Don’t like my grammar? Think I am boring? Fuck off.