h@l! $h!t!!

I'm impressed.

No, really impressed.

With a woman who bears the name Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, who is an astronaut. The name alone is interesting enough. And wow, she's an astronaut, which equals Wonderwoman in my world, but that's not actually what I'm so impressed with.

You see, she's made a boo-boo. During her spacewalk yesterday, she forgot to secure her toolbag and had to watch it float away into space. The footage of it made all the news headlines in the world.

I can live with that. How often have I not dropped a tool while standing on a ladder? Everybody drops their tools. But, of course, no one has those mishaps shown on prime time tv. And certainly no one will later make a wish on the falling star created by their own stupidity as this unfortunate toolbag gets pulled into the earth's orbit and gets incinerated in the atmosphere. But everone will voice some sort of vulgar expletive that is entirely unsuitable for children. And that's what I'm so impressed with.

Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (her name makes me greatful for the cut-and-paste-function on my computer, let me tell you) had only one reaction to her unfortunate accident:

A very irate 'Oh, great!'
Now that's character...