One of my internet buddies on the Olympus camera collector's list recently moved to Florida (USA). He's posting weekly about the new sights in the southeastern corner of the USA, only miles from the Keys and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Yesterday, he wrote a post called "What A Sight": === "I was driving down the road today, headed roughly east. On the horizon I see what looks like flames. They start rising in the distance. It's about 4:45 PM Eastern time. Oh yes, the shuttle. As I drove along I watched the shuttle climb higher and higher, shooting tongues of flame until it passed out of view. What a sight." === He's describing a launch today of the "Space Shuttle Atlantis", an American space craft, commanded by a Russian. Yury Onufrienko will rendezvous with and provide building blocks for the International Space Station. The government types at NASA call this mission "STS-110", but I want to dedicate this flight in more personal manner. This flight is hereby dedicated, by all the power vested in me as a Student of humanity, to all people who's lives are disrupted today by violence. Let this flight serve as a beacon to Jews (hi Uncle Norm), Palestinians (hi Arshad), Protestants (hi Lom), Catholics (hey Dunning), Hindus (hey Sari), atheists (Belle) and Hari Krishnas (kudos, Beatle George) everywhere. Let's do something positive together. It doesn't have to be a science project, but really, consult your Greatest Wisdom and look at your neighbors. Get behind something *positive* and do it well. Let's light up the sky with science and beauty. Lama, channeling for Pollyanna yet I couldn't be more serious. Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/
