A Blog Entry In Bullet

A Blog Entry In Bullet Form

• Technology “Neat Thing” of the Day: Houston Marathon tracking.
  You can go here, put in my name, and get email or text messaged updates on my progress when I run the Houston Marathon on January 16. Be prepared to be getting updates for about 5 hours, because that’s how long it’ll take me to run 26.2!
• Horrible Singer of the Day: Ashlee Simpson.
  Her performance at halftime of the Orange Bowl last night was awful. I hadn’t been watching the show but had the TV on the background, and her song actually got me up out of my desk chair and over to the television to gape at her jumping around and screaming like some sort of horrible train wreck. I’ve listened to her songs and even bopped around to them in the car, but good lord, the girl should not be allowed to sing outside of a studio.
• New Blog of the Moment: Preshrunk.
  A blog that links to cool t-shirts found online. I can’t wait to see what else they find.
• Slightly Older but Still Cool Shopping Blog: Mighty Goods.
  I’ve been surfing this one for a while and I love the stuff they find. Dingo snack baby t-shirt, here I come. I just need friends with a baby.
• Blog You Should Comment On: George
  He likes it when people comment. So do I.
• Renewed Blog of the Day: Nick.
  He says his New Year’s resolution is to start blogging regularly. And, I’m guessing, turn over a new leaf.
• Interesting News Story of the Day: Guia del Migrante Mexicano.
  The Mexican government has published a comic book-style pamphlet with advice on how to cross rivers and navigate deserts. They say it’s an attempt to save some of the 300+ lives that are lost along the border each year and that it doesn’t promote illegal immigration, yet the pamphlet also gives tips on how to avoid attention from U.S. authorities. U.S. groups are all up in arms.
• Cool Guy of the Day: Allen Flynt.
  He took over as boss of the Mission Operations Directorate here at JSC a few months ago. This morning I went to one of the many small “team talk” sessions he’s been hosting and left very encouraged. I was less interested in his view on specific programs and more interested in his philosophy of how MOD management should be structured and how the directorate should adapt to the changes coming down the road. What he had to say greatly impressed me. It’s too early for things to have happened yet, but I think he has the right idea.
• Thing I Will Likely Never See: Snow at JSC.
  I can’t believe I missed the once-in-a-lifetime Houston snow while I was home for Christmas. It didn’t snow in North Carolina, but it snowed here. RANDOM.