From Twitter 01-27-2011

• 07:10:26: I liked a YouTube video -- When A Felon's Not Engaged in His Employment http://youtu.be/rXdWHLgYxUo?a
  
• 07:10:40: I liked a YouTube video -- Pirates of Penzance: With Cat Like Tread http://youtu.be/h4Wj2yMuTIU?a
  
• 15:41:19: I liked a YouTube video -- Dude is too Super Cool for his Traffic Ticket http://youtu.be/1Usyr0eMshg?a
  

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Challenger

Hard to believe, in some ways, that it's been a quarter of a century since the space shuttle Challenger blew up.

(Yesterday was the 44th anniversary of Apollo 1. NASA has a remembrance site for those lost to the stars.)

I don't think of it much nowadays, but when I do it's as fresh as it was that day, with several of us sitting in an office listening to a radio, calling friends and family, and generally just feeling a huge hole in our hearts. But with that came the need, the desperate irrepressible need, to get right back on the bike and go... the imperative of not stopping, not slowing down, but reaching onward and upward.

Twenty-five years later, forty-four years later, the legacy of Challenger lives on.

One day, we'll get back to space. This time, to stay.

I hope we're all around to see it.

Egypt Becoming Free In Real Time

You can see the current situation and a summary of what's happened on the news, but going through a long series of bit-by-bit updates is compelling as hell.

Charlie Callas Dies

In the dictionary, under "zany", there should be a picture of Charlie Callas, a fine impressionist, a very good actor,, a human sound effects machine, and one of the zaniest comedians ever. Unforgettable, very, very funny. Sadness, as Mr. Callas has passed away at the age of either 83 or 86, depending on which source you go by. If you never saw him in action, here's just a taste: