It’s not easy to write something like this on a day like today. When terrible tragedies happen, the last thing you want to do is crack jokes about the news. Something unthinkable happened today, and it’s right to stop and think and feel. But it’s also OK to remember that this isn’t how things always are. There’s a lot of good that happens every day, and that’s what we all need to remember. Perhaps this may help in the slightest amount. If you were busy beginning an unexpected journey this week, odds are you missed it.
Sgt. Pepper’s aging grunge club band
On Wednesday, some of the biggest acts for white people over 50 turned out to for a concert benefiting Sandy relief efforts. The Who, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Bon Jovi and more all got together for the show, but one of the most unusual acts came in the form of Nirvana–with Paul McCartney filling in for Kurt Cobain, who was unable to make the event. OK, Mayans, I see your point.
Mail, Dr. Jones
How long does it take Indiana Jones’ fan base to forgive him for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? Apparently, just four years. Someone is sending Dr. Henry Jones Jr. mail at the University of Chicago, where he once “studied.” Pictures, hand-crafted journals, newspaper clippings, airline tickets and more were delivered to the university in an envelope complete with fake Egyptian stamps of the period. If you’re reading this, mystery sender, feel free to send me the hat and whip for safe keeping. I promise to only use them on adventures.
‘Hey, let’s crash stuff into the moon!’
For about a year, NASA has had two spacecraft, Ebb and Flow, orbiting the moon on a mapping mission. Now that their mission is complete, it’s time to power them down and dispose of them. NASA plans to crash them into the moon’s north pole. Because, you know, even rocket scientists like seeing things explode.