Matt Sedensky of the AP says that the end of the Shuttle program could cost 8,000 jobs, almost all in the private sector:
More than 8,000 NASA contractor jobs in the nation’s manned space program could be eliminated after the space shuttle program is shut down in 2010, the agency said today.
The number of civil servants […]

(Photo credit: Daily Mail.)

While reading Barrett Canon’s post about leap year over on GeekSpeak, I realized something that had never occurred to me before: If I had been born 10 days earlier, I would have been born on February 29th. I’d have been a leapling.
Wow.
In other news you can’t make it through February 29th without:

I’m having lunch today […]

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I went to the doctor again today. It’s been a week since the operation to take the screw out of my shoulder. Here’s what he told me: the shoulder has finished healing from the original injury. All that’s left now is to see that the incision heals and does not get infected. Unless something goes […]

By the time most of you read this, I’ll be at the hospital to get the screw taken out of my shoulder. I expect this operation to be much quicker and simpler than the operation to put the screw in. They only need a small incision and have no ligaments to repair or reattach. I’m […]

As I was walking down the hall at work just now, I complained that it is “Raining? Again?”
A co-worker asked “So, have to started building your ark yet?”
“No,” I replied, “but we have started collecting animals.”
Well, it was funny at the time.

Went to see the doctor today. He said the ligaments in the shoulder are healing well and that it’s about time for the hardware to come out. He also looked at the range of motion I have in the right arm and said that physical therapy will probably not be necessary. (I know, though, that […]

I started back to work yesterday. Didn’t get in at my usual early hour because I had to check in through the company nurse before resuming my duties. I had to show her my doctor’s permission slip, then she printed another permission form, signed it, and sent me to my boss.
Of course, everybody wants to […]

Wendy took me to the doctor today for a one-week checkup on my shoulder. The doctor inspected the incision and said it was healing well. Then a nurse removed the stitches (3) and staples (14). I’ve never had staples before, and Wendy and I had wondered how they were removed. The nurse had a little […]

no, i’m not doing my ee cummings imitation; i’m having to type using only my left hand.
what you see below is an x-ray of my right shoulder, taken last wednesday night at an urgent care center near home. the clavicle is the collarbone and it’s supposed to be secured to the shoulder blade by a […]