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[27 Jan 2009|05:25am] |
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"The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse
to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other
affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep
open - this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude." --
Washington Irving (b. 1783-04-03, d. 1859-11-28)
Today starts a dark part of the calendar for many of us,
with rememberances of:
- 1967-01-27: Grissom, White and Chaffe burned to death in
Apollo 1
- 1986-01-28: Space Shuttle Challenger (51-L) explodes 74
seconds after liftoff killing Scobee, Smith,
McNair, Resnick, Jarvis, Onizuka and McAuliffe
- 2003-02-01: Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) disintegrates
over Texas during re-entry killing Husband,
Anderson, Brown, Chawla, Clark, McCool, Ramon
And at the end of this span we also have:
- 1959-02-03: The Day The Music Died; Buddy Holly, Richie
Valens, and the Big Bopper are killed in a plane
crash outside Mason City, Iowa
In the middle of these grim anniversaries we also have the
more positive:
- 1958-01-31: Explorer I launched. (Van Allen Belt discovered)
- 1961-01-31: "Ham" the chimpanzee soars into space aboard
Mercury-Redstone 2
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[27 Jan 2009|10:53am] |
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Argh. Short version: got way behind on electric bill
from not having enough to pay that and buy groceries at
the same time for the past several months. Lost track of
how long I'd let that situation go on. Found note on my
door when I came back from doctor, saying they'd been here
to turn off my power and next time would be for real.
Don't have enough for the whole prevent-turn-off amount.
Mom says she'll mail some, but still not enough. Billing
office just gives me a menu for various automatic options,
not a "beg a human for a few more days to try to straighten
things out" option. Notice included phone numbers for
govt. programs I should've called months ago; working up
my nerve to call and find out how long that proces will
take. Have a womdigious headache, and need to get migraine
pills refilled. Stress not helping headache. Wheeeeeee.
Huh. This doesn't bode well for my stress level the rest
of the day:
[standard automatic phone system voice]
The voice mailbox for [different voice]
Energy Usage Assistance [first voice] is
full ...
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