Oh, No! It’s Wednesday the 13th!

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Where did the Friday 13th stuff come from? From the movie or did the movie play off an already existing paranoia? Chicken? Egg? This site claims the phobia dates back to ancient times and is called paraskevidekatriaphobia (word of the day). Me? I’m not superstitious. I have been know to turn my cap around backwards when a black cat crosses in front of me to “reverse the charge.” But I'm not superstitious.

Oops
Think you’ve had a rough day at the office? Here’s living proof it could definitely be worse.

Houston, We Have a Problem
Sure enough, they have found a problem with a fuel sensor, and NASA is delaying today’s launch. We don’t have an estimate yet for the new launch time. I don’t like to say I told you so, but…

Folks, I’m getting nervous. I guess part of it is due to the fact that this is the first shuttle launch since Columbia. But I’ve studied software testing methods at work. When you discover a problem during development and can’t figure it out, you don’t just plop a new part on without testing it, stick your head in the sand, and hope it works when you eventually flip the switch. Why wasn’t this fixed right and properly tested when the problem was first discovered? Saving time is not more important that safety.

Hopefully it can be figured out and corrected now, and hopefully all of these technical snafus are not signs of larger underlying problems with the shuttle. At least we are seeing more detailed testing and the discipline to stop and fix problems, even if it is the midnight hour.

Beware the Paper—er…Cyber Trail
Remind me to be careful with this gig. Nobody kidnap my phone or drag up my duct tape addiction when I run for President of the Camp Meeting Alumni Association in 2056.

Back to the Classroom, Guys
Some school systems are looking for more male teachers to try to balance the predominantly female education field. According to this article:

"The proportion of men in teaching today is at its lowest level in 40 years, according to the National Education Association, the country's largest teachers union.

Only 21 percent of teachers in U.S. public schools are men."

Any guys out there in need of a job? Might what to think about it.

Mother Nature at Work
Amidst the Dennis destruction, comes this great story. That reminds me... do we believe in Mother Nature? Call it my Apostolic paranoia, but I'm always terrified to acknowledge any life/universe force other than J-E-S-U-S... How Apostolic am I? Can we add that to Wendy's list?

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