I found you on a certain social networking site that rhymes with ‘face hook’. You’re the first Canadian to take command of a certain orbital research facility that rhymes with ‘The International PlayStation’. You’ve been posting AMAZING pictures several times a day from thousands of kilometers above us, drawing admiration from people around the world. It is so freaking cool to see pictures of the earth posted the same day they were taken. And even more freaking cool that it’s a Canadian up there taking the pictures, drawing interest to the space program from a new generation of space cadets. Colonel, I salute you! —PL
This article appears in Feb 7-13, 2013.
Not to be confused with a certain groundbound Tom Clancy wannabe, LTWWB “Colonel” but yeah – He’s pretty damned awesome.
Manned space missions are worth every penny, if only for the perspective they give us on our own little oasis in the cosmos.
…and shouldn’t this be a love?
damn, can’t we just say cmdr hadfield???? since he is one of my personal favorites on twitter. the pics he takes are gobsmacking. and he is funny as hell. esp when he is doing the plumbing maintenance.
plus he had a chat with capt kirk, and school kids and he takes requests!
I used to have a regular customer at the store who was part of a local group of enthusiasts with contacts at N.A.S.A. who arranged the live link Q.&.A. session at Sacred Heart School last year. This was a few years ago he told me this, but they had hell’s own time getting local schools interested in doing it, despite the fact that there was no cost. These guys were arranging it on their own time and their own dime because they had the interest.
Hopefully this will turn around once local educators clue in to the fascination level and make use of this incredible resource being made available to them.
Keep up the good work , guys.
I hate that too, OB!!!
(*wut*?!?)
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These are the folks:
http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/ariss/index.h…
Any students interested in this amazing opportunity, nag your teachers, sign petitions, blockade the cafeteria, do whatever you have to do.
*Disclaimer: aside from thinking they are a rawking cool bunch of folks for what they do, I have no connection to ARISS.
Lashings of apologies for all of the multiple posts, but I’m just so jazzed by this love (masquerading as a bitch) that I can’t resist.
Anyone wishing to know more about the amazing logistics and daily life aboard a space station (MIR and the I.S.S.) should check out the following 2 titles:
http://www.amazon.com/Dragonfly-NASA-And-C…
Dragonfly is specifically about the U.S./Russian cooperative effort in the dying days of the MIR program.
http://www.amazon.com/Too-Far-From-Home-St…
Too Far From Home is about the I.S.S. crew who had their mission extended by the grounding of the Shuttle fleet after the Columbia accident.
This was my post and I definitely put it in the love section. Somebody gonna-get-a hurt real bad.
col iv-an-asshole, writing your own praises now. what next.
Still functionally illiterate now wogshite? I’d suggest you go make a novena, but the instructions are probably incomprehensible to you.
very transparent post ivan. even u should have known that. ppffffttt….
Keep typing Wogshite. This just gets better and better.
By the way, be sparing in your use of perfume and try not to cake on the makeup with a trowel tonight.
You don’t want salt peter to think you’re an easy lay, now do you?
Wogdog, you dumb ass. Read the post right before you started commenting.
col asshole. people never get that idea about me. classiness is genuine and something you cant fake. but maybe you wouldnt understand that being a fake colonel wannabe and all. ce la vie.
ploppy i reaD the post. myob okay
Intellect and honesty (or lack thereof) are also things that you can’t fake. Your comment to Ploopy indicates that you are both a pathological liar and a congenital cretin. And you are never going to understand exactly how you proved both points. Which is utterly hilarious.
ha, ha, hee,hee, ha. ivan same advice i gave piss paul. ditto.
I hope you aren’t too laughed out wogshite. You’re going to need to keep some chuckles in reserve when you imagine the faces of your LTWWB friends when they read this little mise en scene from the tragedy which is your life.:
Wogdog was pushing her shopping cart full of pop bottles up Wyse Rd. when it occurred to her that she was down to her last can of Lysol and it was still 3 weeks until cheque day.
So she brushed the dead grass and pine cones out of her hair, put on a fresh copy of The Coast to function as a sanitary adult undergarment , drank a half can of silver polish for a little Dutch Courage and went to the nearest bank.
Loan officer Patricia Whack was more than a little surprised at the sight of the scabrous wreck sitting across from her desk, mumbling to herself, spitting and picking her nose.
“So, Ms., er, Wog dog? I understand that you wish to apply for a loan”
“Yep” Wogdog belched.”Need 5000 smackeroos. Gotta get laid. Gotta get laid”
“Well, the problem is, you wrote nothing on the Personal History section of the Loan Application form. What can you tell us about yourself”
Wogdog stopped furiously scratching at her boils and thought for a moment. “I was married to Keith Richards for 40 years. Umm Hmmm.”
“In order for us to give you a loan in this amount you will need to furnish some collateral” said the by now thoroughly revolted Ms. Whack.
Wogdog rummaged around in the voluminous folds of her Salvation Army leisure suit before withdrawing a small glassine bag and pushing it across the desk. It contained a small fragment of rock cocaine.
“I’m going to have to take this to the manager” Patricia replied. Closing the door to his office, she began to explain the situation, describing her confusion and doubts. “I mean,how can this be used as collateral” she cried holding up the bag. “I don’t even know what this is.”
The bank manager replied: (are you ready for it, folks?)
“IT’S A CRACK ROCK, PATTY WHACK. GIVE THE WOG A LOAN. HER OLD MAN’S A ROLLING STONE”
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hahah, I like it. The link to zoidberg sealed the deal.
Holy Crap – I should definitely not post while drunk.
ivan dear you should take tomorrow off. that long not so funny shit we all had to suffer through must have burnt up what little brain cells you had left. time for rest now. i pity mrs ivan having to fake laughter at your crap, among other times of faking it as well. sucks to be her. and you. go on back to your wanna be world now ok,
your posted link which i just looked at is the only truthful part of your post. it appears even you know you’re not funny.
Wogshite, you couldn’t recognize truth if it knocked the crap out of you for burning the sunday roast.
drunk ivan….check out aa…turn your life around. now i really really feel sorry for mrs ivan. poor soul.
Your advice about dating and sleeping with the elderly and incontinent?
That’s your bag, “lady”.
Enjoy! lols
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“check out aa”
Excellent suggestion, wogshite. The German Flak 36, the dreaded “88” is one of my faves:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nRfMpxrkFJU/SlmG…
made a damned fine panzerknacker too, so it did.
Ploopy – I’m glad I could give a chuckle, but I do owe you a big apology for turning your awesome Love into a pissing contest with Ms. Massengill. As a child of the space race, it touched me deeply and took me back to the days when I was allowed to stay up late to watch Walter Cronkite covering the Apollo missions. It feels good to know that this amazing experiment in human evolution still has the power to touch people’s lives, emotions and aspirations.
“Per ardua ad astra”
ivan denial is NOT a river in egypt. seriously for the sake of poor mrs ivan do check out AA ok. jokes only go so far. i feel bad for her on SO MANY LEVELS. seriously.
Don’t worry about it Ivan, the wog started the whole thing, I’m just enjoying the show 🙂
She keeps getting one “like” on all her comments. I guess she’s her own biggest fan.
Truth to tell, Ploop – I occasionally “like” her comments myself. In much the same way that every special-ed student deserves a ribbon on track & field day. Too sentimental for my own good, I guess
“By the pooey knickers of Sister Brenda of Rhimmlapp, I swear this to be so.”
Pig Fig is spewing her cotton balls again.
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ivan denial is NOT a river in egypt. seriously for the sake of poor mrs ivan do check out AA ok. jokes only go so far. i feel bad for her on SO MANY LEVELS. seriously.
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The sad thing about AA is you have to “believe in a higher power”.
It’s just another religious organization, like BSA, the Salvation Army, and NAMBLA.
WogDrunk recommending AA is only natural for “her”.
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tell that to the many whose lives were literally saved by aa , piss paul. generalizations dont work here.
Sounds like you’ve been to AA, Gawd Wad – too many mornings gumming a Colt 45 bottle?