Remember the crazy astronaut lady? Here's what she's been up to since: Former NASA Astronaut Lisa Nowak Expelled from Navy

Nowak will retire from the Navy with an "other than honorable" discharge, which will also lower her pay grade and could affect her eligibility for veterans' benefits, reported the Associated Press. Her rank will be demoted from captain to commander when her retirement takes effect on Sept. 1.

A statement released Thursday (July 28) by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Juan Garcia said that Nowak "demonstrated a complete disregard for the well-being of a fellow service member," and did not conduct herself as is expected of Navy officers, reported the AP.

There's sumthin' wrong with that woman....

What can you tell by what browser a person uses?

Bah!

I will accept this, though:

The report suggests that people using Explorer, the built-in, default browser for Windows-based computers, may be more resistant to change.

may be more resistant to change.

Or employed in Corporate America.

Which is pretty resistant to change.

Or dependent on someplace institutional (public library, school, community college, senior center...) as the only place in their lives with access to the internets.

On its own merits as a browser, I hate IE as much as the next web dev, but I've been seeing that link all over the place today with a pretty hefty dose of "HAR I TOLD YOU THEY'RE STUPID WE HATES THEM!" and thinking about how both digital divides and IQ scores correlate awfully strongly with privilege or disadvantage.

OH HAI MY KNEEJERK LET ME SHOW YOU IT

"HAR I TOLD YOU THEY'RE STUPID WE HATES THEM!"

I'm not saying they're stupid. I'm saying I'm genius.

Of course you are, Opera Lady! Just having a little twitch at some of the deeply user-blaming responses I've been seeing elsewhere to the same link.

Timelies all!

Health ~ma to Maria's DH, LeN and toddson.

In completely random news, I just painted my toenails. Green and sparkly.(My Favorite Martian from Confetti- how could I resist?)

My doctor actually announced a diagnosis of diabetes as good news. She said, given you eyesight symptoms, another possibility could have been MS.

At least it wasn't the funny syphilis.

Much ~ma to you and your DH, Maria.

le nubian, sorry for the scary diagnosis. I'm glad there are so many around you who can help steer you right.

Trying to discuss politics these days, I lose all my words and degenerate into teeth-gnashing and screeching. It's best I don't engage the subject. Seriously, I can't take the outrage overload anymore.