Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

48 Years Ago

A major blizzard hit the Chicago area.

While Chicagoans were digging out from the snow, the news came that the three astronauts of what was then known as Apollo 204, aka Apollo 1, had burned to death in a fire inside the Command Module. Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were doomed as soon as the first spark flew.

NASA would go on to forget many of the lessons learned in the Apollo 1 fire, only to relearn them in separate accidents nearly 20 years apart.

1 comment:

Nangleator said...

I remember a tidbit I learned about the conditions inside the capsule. Under that much pressure, with pure oxygen, aluminum itself could burn like a pine log.