The Best Messages Are Cryptic.

Getting back into the old grind is a grind itself -- especially when your job is jack of all trades. Here’s hoping that I finally can bring my life full circle (and meet the other half I seem to know so well). ;)

Let me back up

There are things I couldn’t say in my letters that I would want to tell you in person before I asked the other questions I mentioned. Of course, the first question would be -- will you go out with me?

Questions

These would be some of the first questions I would ask you:

1. What is your relationship with God?

2. How many cats do you have?

3. What are their names?

4. What is (are) your favorite kind(s) of food?

5. If you had one wish (and couldn’t ask for more wishes), what would it be?

Shopping

I found a band I liked, but it took me few tries to get it shipped. As soon as I get the box ...

One last mix before I take a medical break. I’m slated for a new MRI and then I’m hopeful I can make a stop over in Florida to check on my house.

My crazy little brother looks exactly like this guy. I’m not able to say my brother’s real name without his permission, so I just call him Bob.

Cupid’s arrow

I’m missing my grandfather this morning, so I’m watching “Sanford and Son.” That show and “The Jeffersons” (and any old western) were his favorite shows.

#Space I like Jason A. Alexander for the new Mars Rover!

Name the Mars 2020 Rover!

In 2020, we’re sending our newest robotic scientist to Mars, paving the way for humans to one day live and work on the Red Planet. The only problem? Our Mars 2020 rover doesn’t have a name yet! We’re calling on K-12 students across the country to find the very best name for our next robotic space explorer!

The Mission

Before we can send astronauts to Mars we need to learn more about the planet and its climate. This is where the Mars 2020 rover comes in. Its job will be to explore the Red Planet in search of signs of ancient life! It will also be tasked with characterizing the planet’s climate and geology, and collecting samples from its surface. Because of the groundwork laid by rovers such as this, humans will one day become an interplanetary species!

Meet the rovers that came before it

The-soon-to-be-named rover will be joining the team of historic NASA robots that have been working away in space for the past 27 years! All of our robot explorers have their own missions, personality and names that help tell their own story. The most recent Mars rover is Curiosity, the  ….. 

Submit your entry today!

One grand prize winner will name the rover and be invited to Cape Canaveral, Florida to see the spacecraft launch in July 2020! So, what will it take to win? Just send us your proposed name and a short essay (no more than 150 words), explaining why the name you chose is the best for this very special robotic explorer! The deadline is November 1st, so get your thinking cap on and tell us your most creative idea! Apply here!

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I love you too!

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Mesmerized

Yellow looks bad on men. Some women make the colour soar. Only one reminds me of the summers of my youth, when the only worry was how to pay for an afternoon treat. When I would lie in the emerald grass and watch the clouds roll through...