Friday. Happy for Some. The Long Arduous March for Others....

Hello Troops,
The cold getting you down? Do you find yourself staring out the window wondering if its worth the bother of getting dressed and braving the slippery roads? Depressed over the fact that you'll get to see your favorite teacher at school today, you know the one, Miss Sarcasm - who graduated from the University of Southern North Dakota at Whoople in 1909 and kept alive by copious amounts of coffee laced with formaldehyde.

Remember, you've always got a friend as close as the nearest tree. Perhaps the Tree Huggers and Hippies had it right all along. Honestly, there is something soothing in a long standing tree. It's a kind of permanence in an ever changing world. We enjoy the tree's shade. We enjoy its colors, so why not give one a hug and tell it your troubles (just be sure there isn't anyone around that knows you when you do).

And now, a bit of science thrown into the pot. Get it?

You know me and my love for the absurd ladened with imagination. Yep, this one is just what the doctor ordered.

And finally for Friday. Let's take a peek into Snape's email account and see what he's been reading.

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It's been a fun week at the Center. Tonight we end it by hosting students from Sego Lily Elementary for the Overnight Camp, add in several private missions on Saturday and that will wrap up the week.

Thanks to the staff for their hard work and to our visitors for coming and spending their hard earned money on our programs. Remember, the Space Center doesn't receive a yearly budget. We have to raise our money the old fashion way - we must earn it.

Mr. W.

A Worthy Cause, For Sanity's Sake

Laura Loops, Accident Prone Since She Was Two.
A Meanace to our Sidewalks and Streets

Hello Troops,
I know many of you are always on the look out for a good cause to rally behind. I think I may have found one for you. Isn't it time we did something about underage driving?

Is your neighborhood like mine, besieged by mini road warriors driving their plastic vehicles while wearing nothing more than disposable diapers? They've taken the streets from us, making driving hazardous because you never know when they'll appear from behind a a parked car and dart in front of you in a harrowing game of chicken, pitting my 15 ton Lincoln Battlestar against their ten pound Fisher Price Chopper.

Larry "Dimples" Mulligan, The Terror of Tree Lane. If he doesn't drive you off the street with his Big Wheel, he will get you between the eyes with his Red Ryder Double Barrel BB Gun.

Join our cause. Put these hardened pre Juvenile delinquents back into their cribs where they belong. Lets take back our streets!

Mr. W.

The Future of Mankind. A Heavy Topic for a Wednesday Morning.

Hello Troops,
Something short and worthy of a moment of your time. A few words from Carl Sagan on the future of mankind in the video below.

I thought of this video after learning of the shootings in Tuscon. I know there are many who blame the heated political rhetoric for the carnage. There may be some truth to that but I think there is more. The young man was mentally unstable and needed treatment. He didn't receive the help he needed, like so many others suffering from mental illnesses in the country,

I spent over one year working in the children's unit at the State Mental Hospital in Provo while attending BYU. I gained a valuable understanding of the importance of continued care and treatment for those suffering with mental illnesses. The kind of care and treatment many are not receiving today because society has, for the most part, turned its back on this troubled part of our population. Perhaps we need to revisit this issue.

We all live on this blue dot in space called Earth. Perhaps it's time we learned to get along. I think it's time we all grew up. I really grow tired of all the hate I see on TV and hear on the radio and read online. I believe we can learn to be civil in our disagreements. We can learn to respect other view points. We can 'man up' and admit when we are wrong and realize that no one, and I mean no one, has THE whole truth. There is too much of "It's my way or the highway". America is a melting pot of cultures, ideas, religions and philosophies. Let's cherish that diversity and start looking for the good in everyone. It's time to bend a bit in the wind before the next storm uproots us and sends us all tumbling into the abyss.

We have a marvelous future ahead....
We Humans are Capable of Greatness

Mr. W.