I remember Reagan getting shot. Ditto the pope.

I think my earliest memory (hazy though it is) of anything newsworthy may have been of the last moon landing. I remember it being on television, and my cousin explaining to me what was going on. Of course, it could have been a rebroadcast of Apollo 11, but the fact that a man was walking on the moon stuck with me.

I was just reading an article on the Curiosity rover. It has inspired me to write a piece called Yahoo Comments, in which I answer the dumbest fucking responses, which are most.

Wate of money!

They will likely loose it before it gets there!

And we wonder why we're trillions in debt!

Apparently, public education is a wate of money that creates loosers who think the paltry space budget has destroyed the economy.

ETA: I had a hard time misspelling the words.

I have a vivid memory of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson's wedding, as I was home from school and had just had teeth pulled.

I "remember" Reagan and the pope, but not very clearly. I do remember Reagan being on the news for having polyps in his colon much more clearly-- weird.

I remember when John Lennon died, because I had no idea who he was. Jamaican TV used to do this thing back in the 70s/early 80s where they'd just air a picture of the deceased with a relevant soundtrack on loop, instead of the test card (programming didn't start until, like, 4pm).

They looped Woman over and over and over again, and me and my best friend were debating back and forth who the dead white guy was. It was years before I put two and two together and even got a number. But I did have the song stuck in my head for a long time.

Well, I've been schooled. I've just been told that getting a tattoo is silly because I can't know that I'll like something when I'm older that I liked in my 20s. Then why am I still wearing clothes I bought in the 80s? Just because you're embarrassed about your previous choices, doesn't mean I have any shame at all. At all.

I've been looking at tickets home for Christmas, and as usual, it's really hard to find tickets that don't have huge layover waits. I'm searching with reward points, just in case, and when I put in "Business Class" (why not? It's not like I'm clicking 'purchase') I do actually get tickets that span around 12 hours or less. But when I put in "Economy" they're closer to 24. Why is that? I mean, why is it always that, no matter how far ahead I try and buy tickets? How early are people really booking? Shit.

Thing is, I don't have enough points for Business Class, just Economy. But if I clear out my rewards account and spend $300 more--I get the decent flight, and Business/First...why do I feel like that's frippery?

That sounds worth it -- to save 24 hours total AND ride Business?

I don't really remember anyone famous dying until Kurt Cobain, because my roommate's girlfriend was devestated.

But what if I could use my rewards points for...yeah, it sounds really stupid outside of my head.

I definitely understand the dilemma. How much does an economy ticket cost in cash?

I'm in the school that a Business/First ticket is very much worth it, especially on a longer flight.

Fucking hell. Orbitz is telling me over a grand. I haven't done any comparison shopping yet, but that's probably the basic arena. Wow! A decision just got made. I need to get my official PTO dates on Monday, and business class it is.

I remember the Shuttles vividly. But I had vested interests both times (family friend was an early shuttle engineer, so Shuttles were The Shit growing up.)

I totally geeked out with an engineer working on the MSL Curiosity while Lori was in a meeting. OK, we exchanged geekery. I still will be amazed if it pulls it off, because...wow, that's a complicated landing. But, still! And my budget eeked by another hurdle.

Clearly, I am home. Devi left the house ... fragrant with one of her episodic stomach upsets. Sorry Neighbor/catsitter! But she handled it with aplomb, I hope?

I entertained a 7 year old on the 3.5 hour flight with TMBG, Katy Perry and a Hubble app on my iTouch. Her poor mom was wiped, and it made the flight pass quickly. I really need to load more recent Hubble apps to my thing. Excellent PR as well as stranger-tainment.

Loki and Pumpkin are Really Very Seriously Interested in the borrowed bag. I'm guessing they smell the Pug, the garage cat.

ita. considering the timeframes and your triggers, I'd splurge. I'll admit I'm a cheapass traveler of the nth degree. But I've come around to avoiding redeyes, certain airports, extra stops and goddamn early flights for an extra cost. And for cross country, I buy SW's earlybirds just so I can get an aisle seat near the front (most of my flights are SW in country.)

Whew. Shit, I'm AWAKE. And have a 7 am wakeup.