Mar 03, 08

The crew I am part of consists of three people and our job is simply to keep the work area clean enough to be safe and efficient for the production workers. It's an easy job when we're all there but let's see. I left Thursday afternoon because I had gotten word that things were getting rough with Dad, but two can handle the job, not easily but it can be done. Then after I left, another member of the crew, a guy about 60 had a heart attack on the factory floor. I felt bad first off because he had a heart attack and he's a good guy, but also because one person, who never complains, was stuck doing all the work, normally done by three. Not a good week for the production janitors. (Though I do expect to return to industrial painting in a couple of weeks - - God willing.)

Dad had a tracheotomy done today and things appear to be going well.

I guess Jihadists aren't the only terrorists in the world. Ecoterrorists are burning down houses to prove a point. While I despise the beliefs and conduct of these people, I'm not sure the term terrorist is appropriate here. A terrorist kills innocent people while these idiots destroy property instead. I would much prefer a term such as felonious vandalism or some such term. It makes them sound less political and more like the common, but dangerous criminals they are. We certainly should do nothing to exalt these animals. I felt the same way about the old abortion clinic bombers (abortion is murder but I oppose the bombing of clinics). As long as the bombs didn't kill or target people, they were vandals, not terrorists. A terrorist seeks to kill people.

Another Space Flight already. The ISS is going to add a bit more internal space and a bit more complexity. Kind of impressive but I'd be more impressed with definite plans for a return to the moon, a lunar base, and a flight to Mars. Sadly too many people have no vision and no understanding of the importance of space for both our nation and humanity as a whole.