Good times...

Do you ever just need to hear a good beat? =D Well, I'm listening to Johnny Cash! I have wonderful times with him every now and then.

I want feed back!! Who do you listen to for a good ol' time?

A few Pictures

Today Annie and I were outside for a while, so I took some pictures of her playing. She loves playing with chalk, running around on the grass and picking flowers, and we also went for a walk. It was fun. =D Some of our roses are blooming so they were perfect to have pictures of them.

Apollo 13: April 1970

Here's an interesting article from BBC News remembering rescue of the Apollo 13 crew Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise. This article is an interview of Commander Jim Lovell.

I'll give you some bits from it, and you can read the rest. =D

"Apollo 13: Nasa's Finest Hour?

The Apollo 11 mission which set Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on to the surface of the Moon in July 1969 was arguably humanity's finest endeavour.

But to many the Apollo 13 mission was no less heroic - and, if anything, an even greater achievement.

Astronauts Jack Swigert, Fred Haise and their commander Jim Lovell were trapped in a spacecraft low on power, water and rising carbon dioxide levels.

Were it not for the ingenuity of the engineers at mission control and the bravery of the astronauts themselves, the three men would have died in space.

I have a dim recollection of the Apollo 11 mission. But as a seven-year-old I do have clear memories of Apollo 13. I remember how the world was gripped by the unfolding story of the astronauts trapped in space.

...Forty years later, I had the opportunity to speak to the Apollo 13 Commander, Jim Lovell. My first thought was that he was nothing like Tom Hanks, who played him in the Hollywood film about the mission. But that was in a good way. He came across as kindly, whereas I'd expected "steely". But as I spoke to him, it was clear that beneath his gentle exterior he had lost none of the focused strength that had helped him bring back his crew back to Earth. He told me that his first thought was how to fix the problem and get home.

'If I'd waited for some miracle I'd still be up there.'

...The word "epic" is often overused. But the story of Apollo 13 deserves to be part of humanity's mythology to guide future generations.

'I think one of the things that showed the people of the world was that even if there is a great catastrophe, good leadership and teamwork, initiative and perseverance - these things make for getting an almost certain catastrophe into a successful recovery,' he said. "

There are your tid bits! I encourage you to read the rest here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8613715.stm