Spirit

On Jan 26th, 2274 Mars days into the mission, NASA declared Spirit a "stationary research station" , expected to stay operational for several more months until a dust buildup on its solar panels forces a final shutdown.

This is such a sad cartoon. It reminds me of Laika, the first dog that was sent into space. From wiki: "Laika died four days after launch from overheating, possibly due to a failure of the central R-7 sustainer to separate from the payload. The true cause and time of her death was not made public until 2002; instead, it was widely reported that she died when her oxygen ran out, or (as the Soviets initially insisted) she was euthanised prior to oxygen depletion. "

random

Here are some random thoughts and things I have been doing:

- we need to get a dining set, so I have been searching Craig's List. How did I get pulled into Craig's List for the first time? because the first night I had a quick look at it (just to see what's going on) I saw the perfect table and chair and for a great price. I emailed them a couple of times and got no reply. Alas I have been waiting for a similar deal to pop up ever since.

However I am starting to lose patience as I see the same stuff (which I am not interested in) be re-listed over and over and over again.

- was frustrated by what I perceive as a woman's jealousy by my friendship with her husband (who is a good friend of mine). Of course note the word "perceive" because it can always be my imagination and she might just not like me as person... what!! never! :-P

- had a fabulous time this weekend catching up with a high school friend of mine (and his fiance) whom I hadn't seen in more than 10 years. Lovely guy. We drank and were merry. It seems I can get drunk very fast. I believe I had 1.5 glasses of white wine and I was happy and tipsy. Maybe it was superwine with super alcohol level.