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The final shuttle launch

My place in history – the final launch of the Space Shuttle Program

It was warm. Not so warm that the humidity was overwhelming, though. And there was a nice, cool breeze off of the water. As I stood in that field, surrounded by hundreds of my peers and the national media, there was no where else on the planet I would have rather been. I scoped out […]

Parenting

Where do you find your quiet?

It’s no secret that I’ve moved around a lot. My dad was some kind of ADD hippie nomad who never lived in the present. Because of this, we seemed to never spend more than eight consecutive months in any given location. When I was younger, I hated this lifestyle. I never stayed anywhere long enough […]

Identity/Self

Reflection can be a wonderful thing

I’ve taken some time the past couple of days to do some inward reflection. The ability to do this and the support I’ve gotten from so many people (support that has greatly overwhelmed me) has given me better perspective. It’s made me realize that I don’t give people enough credit. And that I need to […]

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Why getting over yourself can mean the world to someone

I was intimidated – once. By Neil Degrasse Tyson. I stalked him at a space conference last year. This is me photo-stalking him. I have a hard time being intimidated. Not because I’m arrogant – far from it. It’s because I know that, at the core, we are all the same. We may all be […]

Steaks on a plane

I’m on my way to Washington, D.C. today for a work meeting. I really do hate to fly, but the people watching always makes it worthwhile. My flight is from Houston to Austin then on to D.C with a plane change in the middle. On the first leg of the flight, I boarded mid-way through […]