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Time to switch...
Dec. 22nd, 2000 10:40 pmToday was my sixth day in a row of supporting the execute package folks, and I'm sure glad I'm going over to air-to-ground support tomorrow. Both tasks are equally intense, in their own way, but it's a good time for a change.
I went for another walk around the JSC "quad" during an abbreviated lunch. The weather was cold, but the sun was out, and the sky was sharply blue. I only had time to do one loop, but I tried to make the most of it. I think I scared a few people, what with a big, silly grin on my face like that.
A few of the radiograms today concerned impending interviews with Russian television. One thing I've noticed is that the Russians seem intent on celebrating this coming New Year as the actual start of the third millennium.
I'll have more words on that subject probably sometime this weekend. The short version of my argument is: the millennium starts when you think it starts; anyone who relies on mathematical precision to claim that January 1, 2001 marks the true start of the millennium is deluded. I refer you to a fellow named Dennis and another named Gregory as a hint toward what my argument might be. In the final analysis, it won't really matter in ten days or so...not for another thousand years.
Galina and I stopped by the Hong Kong market again today. I am still looking for the calendar with really breathtaking images of flower arrangements (we got a calendar with fruit last time, and this time, landscapes seem to be the subject). While there, I picked - among other goodies - up a six-pack of Hue beer I noticed in the cooler (made in Hue City, natch). I don't know what it is about this particular brew, but I very definitely like it. It has a pronounced malty taste, methinks (it's not hops, nor yeast, as far as I can figure); certainly no American beer can hold a candle. It seems a shame to leave just one bottle for the morrow, too...
Packing is a little behind schedule, but then so is our departure at this time. My resolve to throw out excess books seems to have weakened some, but the discard pile keeps growing. The boxes are still holding out.
Cheers...
I went for another walk around the JSC "quad" during an abbreviated lunch. The weather was cold, but the sun was out, and the sky was sharply blue. I only had time to do one loop, but I tried to make the most of it. I think I scared a few people, what with a big, silly grin on my face like that.
A few of the radiograms today concerned impending interviews with Russian television. One thing I've noticed is that the Russians seem intent on celebrating this coming New Year as the actual start of the third millennium.
I'll have more words on that subject probably sometime this weekend. The short version of my argument is: the millennium starts when you think it starts; anyone who relies on mathematical precision to claim that January 1, 2001 marks the true start of the millennium is deluded. I refer you to a fellow named Dennis and another named Gregory as a hint toward what my argument might be. In the final analysis, it won't really matter in ten days or so...not for another thousand years.
Galina and I stopped by the Hong Kong market again today. I am still looking for the calendar with really breathtaking images of flower arrangements (we got a calendar with fruit last time, and this time, landscapes seem to be the subject). While there, I picked - among other goodies - up a six-pack of Hue beer I noticed in the cooler (made in Hue City, natch). I don't know what it is about this particular brew, but I very definitely like it. It has a pronounced malty taste, methinks (it's not hops, nor yeast, as far as I can figure); certainly no American beer can hold a candle. It seems a shame to leave just one bottle for the morrow, too...
Packing is a little behind schedule, but then so is our departure at this time. My resolve to throw out excess books seems to have weakened some, but the discard pile keeps growing. The boxes are still holding out.
Cheers...
