shuttle launch
i'm watching the pre-launch cable news coverage. i confess, it's bringing tears to my eyes. the pictures of the fanfare as the astronauts walked towards the shuttle. the lost astronauts from the last mission. and even the lost challenger astronauts, which i watched happen live in third grade. and something about humans going to space -- looking up, looking forward. being above all the CRAP that's going on here. for a moment, we can forget about the death and dying in the middle east. for a moment, we can unite as a nation, maybe even as a world, over just how amazing it is to overcome earth's gravity. here we go ...