Random Ramblings

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Before you read it in the tabloids

and not to make a real big deal about it. I may be the father of Anna Nicole's baby. Chalk me up as number 6. Sure I've never met her, ever been in the same room as her but I'm just saying, I could be the father of the child.

Thursday, February 08, 2007

V2 birthday shindig and other stuff

Last night we went out with v2 for diner and he put on another show. Half a rack of ribs, the kid just turned 10 and can really house it now if he wants to. I honestly have no idea where the food goes because the kid is rail thin. I’m about 95% sure he’s jumped off the kids menu now.

In unrelated news I finally got on the 24 bandwagon, and yes its six seasons too late I realize. V2 got me season 1 on DVD for my birthday and I’ve watched about half of the season so far. I think it is having an effect on my life. Two nights ago I had a dream where it was very 24-esque, with the pictures of things happening at the same time on the screen at the same time. Fox has me roped in to getting the rest of the seasons now. . Jack Bauer is pretty much the shit

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

A little sappy...a little funny

It was 10 years ago today that v2 was born, it’s hard to believe it’s been that long. A cold February night at 7:49pm, it snowed the night he was born and I spent the night there sleeping in a vinyl chair. Everything that has happened in the past 10 years the good have far outweighed the bad. I'm a pretty lucky guy. Happy Birthday, buddy Dad loves ya.

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Okay now on to the funny, I think that she is the greatest astronaut ever.




From CNN.com:
Astronaut arrested on attempted kidnapping charges


POSTED: 12:11 a.m. EST, February 6, 2007

ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- A NASA astronaut was arrested Monday on battery and attempted kidnapping charges after allegedly trying to subdue a romantic rival with pepper spray and abduct her from a parking lot at Orlando International Airport, police said.
Navy Capt. Lisa Marie Nowak, who was a mission specialist aboard the space shuttle Discovery in July, and Colleen Shipman were both reported to be "in a relationship" with astronaut Bill Oefelein, a Navy commander, according to a police report of the incident.

Nowak, 43, has been charged with battery, attempted kidnapping, attempted burglary to a vehicle and destruction of evidence. Police have recommended Nowak be held without bond.
According to the report, she told police that her relationship with Oefelein was "more than a working relationship but less than a romantic relationship."

Nowak drove from Houston, Texas, to Orlando to meet Shipman, who was flying the same route, to talk with the woman about her alleged relationship with Oefelein, the report said.
Shipman is an engineer assigned to the 45th Launch Support Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base, near the Kennedy Space Center.


Police: Woman feared for safety
Shipman told police that she arrived at the airport at about 1 a.m. but had to wait two hours for her luggage to arrive.
Once she retrieved her bags, she said she took a bus to the lot where her car was parked, noticing a woman wearing a trench coat who appeared to be following her.
Fearing for her safety, Shipman quickly stepped into her car, the police report said, adding that she reported hearing "running footsteps" behind her.
Shipman closed and locked her car door as Nowak slapped the window of the car and tried to open the car door, the report said.
Nowak told Shipman her ride had not arrived and asked for help, but Shipman refused, saying she would send help instead. When Nowak complained she couldn't hear Shipman and started to cry, Shipman opened her car window "about 2 inches" -- and Nowak sprayed pepper spray into the car, police said.


Diapers for long car trip
Shipman, her eyes burning, drove to a toll booth in the lot to summon police. An officer went to the bus stop and found Nowak, who was wearing a different coat, the report said. Approaching the stop, the officer observed Nowak put some items into a trash can, the report said.
Those items included a wig and a plastic bag containing a carbon dioxide-powered BB pistol, the report said.
Inside a bag Nowak was carrying, the officer found a tan trench coat, a new steel mallet, a new folding knife with a 4-inch blade, 3 to 4 feet of rubber tubing, large plastic garbage bags and about $600 in cash, the report said.
Nowak admitted the details of Shipman's allegations, according to the police report, and permitted a search of her car.
Inside the car, police found an a half-dozen latex gloves, MapQuest directions from Houston to Orlando International Airport, e-mails from Shipman to Oefelein, diapers that Nowak said she used to eliminate stops along the highway, a letter indicating how much she loved Oefelein and directions to Shipman's home address in Florida, the report said.
Asked about the BB pistol, Nowak told police it "was going to be used to entice Ms. Shipman to talk with her," the report said.
"Mrs. Nowak stated that she was not trying to cause any bodily harm to Ms. Shipman and that she only wanted to scare Ms. Shipman into talking with her," the police report said.
Nowak, who is married with three children and has been an astronaut since 1996, flew her first shuttle mission in July as a mission specialist aboard Discovery.
Oefelein, 41, was the pilot of the last shuttle mission, also aboard Discovery, which flew in December.
Johnson Space Center spokeswoman Eileen Hawley said that Oefelein would not make any comments through NASA at this time. To her knowledge, no one from NASA had spoken with Nowak yet, she said.
Two astronauts, Navy Capt. Chris Ferguson and retired Air Force Col. Steve Lindsey, have gone to Florida to establish contact with Nowak, Hawley said, adding that her status as an active-duty astronaut remains unchanged.
Lindsey, the chief astronaut, was the commander of Nowak's shuttle flight.


Yes you've been in space and circled the globe in 90 minutes but when it all comes down to it you're crazier than a shithouse rat.

Walking on the moon

I can just imagine her driving across four states talking to herself. Then when she gets to Florida she's in full on Fatal Attraction mode. Oh how times have changed....