Sorry for breaking the truce, but this was just too good: Laura Bush endorses John Kerry

“I’M VOTING for John Kerry for President because sooner or later, when it becomes politically expedient, he shares my views on everything. He’s not hard-headed like my husband. “

A while back, Jake and I got a series of books about the Mercury, Apollo, and Gemini projects from the Mystic library. Reading the books to Jake, I was absolutely astounded at the risks that the astronauts were taking, and the cavialierness with which the astronauts and administrators were taking them.

Gordo Cooper was the first American to sleep in space (Yeah, tell me that any of y’all could have done that), and had a pair of balls made out of brass and carried in a wheelbarrow. He’s the fourth of the Mercury seven to pass on, meaning that a large part of global history is more than half gone.

It’s a cliche, but Cooper and the rest of the Mercury astronauts put dreams in the heads of countless kids. It’s a riot watching Jake learn the stories and dream of the possibilities awaiting mankind. Plus, it’s enough to get him off of talking about damn dinosaurs.

Becky and I made the trek to my old home town, Shreveport, this weekend to have pie and fried food. Here’s a mostly chronological breakdown of the weekend.

It had to happen eventually – The Post has an article about kids in therapy for gaming addiction.

key points:

“Parents can discern between misuse and addiction if they notice two important telltale signs in their children: withdrawal and isolation.

“If you’re a parent and your child is withdrawing, you might wonder if your kid is getting into pot or cocaine,” says Hilarie Cash of Internet/Computer Addiction Services in Redmond, Wash. “The symptoms are very similar.”