Frack Bob Schieffer

***On an unrelated note: So my summer, technically, is over. I'm in either workshops or staff development meetings every day until the kids come back. This is the part where I whimper.***

I was at a workshop today, (a pretty cool one actually, where impact of the lessons is to invoke student empathy) and I wasn't home to watch the Discovery launch. Fortunately for me, I have become the goddess of DVR since having it installed 5 days ago, and recorded the launch. When I got home, I immediately sat down and watched it. I was thoroughly impressed. They had all these cameras to make sure they could see if there was any damage, and they had one between the fuel tank and the orbiter where you could watch as the earth disappeared. Eventually, the fuel tank and the camera pulled away, and you could see the shape of the bottom of the shuttle as it continued on. It was quite cool. I'm glad I DVRed it. (DVR rocks!)

However, the entire process was a little marred by Bob Schieffer, the moron who's fronting CBS Evening News these days. He said something to the effect of, "I think its, uh, something special that we're, uh, all so excited to return to space that no one has, uh, taken the time mention this mission is commanded by Eileen Collins, uh, uh, a woman..."

Way to go, dinkbreath. Wouldn't it have been even more special, had this fact remained unspoken and accepted as the norm it is and should be...? Must we have been subjected to random musings of a antiquated member of the good-ol-boy club?

Not a big deal indeed.