Gravy-in-a-can is the superior choice among the gravy-in-a-receptacle line of products, including imported Gravvy-in-a-can. It is superior because not only is it ready quick---eager to be spread on your instant mashed potaties (potatoes), but the can parts may be turned into weapons, such as a shuriken star (altered can top and bottom), and bowling tube (can body). Gravy-in-a-bottle is only good for bar fighting, wheras gravy-in-a-can weapons may be used for outright fighting as well as assasination.

When I was a small boy, I used to call grapes "bapes."

...and that's how the elephant got it's trunk...

Some Saturday afternoon bossa nova

Gertudus Mann was a man(n) of the land. He killed what he ate and he drank his water straight from the crick. A straw hat adorned his head and a corncob pipe protruded from one side of his mouth and a straw from the other. The western American cliche was he, and he was durn proud of it (yes siree).

Gertrudus Mann (G-Mann) was tilling a rocky field when he reached into his pocket to refill his pipe. But Lo! He was straight outta tobackey.

"No tobackey?!"

That's right, no tobackey. So he had to go into turn (town) to get some more, of course. What's a man(n) of the land to do without tobackey, after all?

Upon passing the threshold of the one-horse town, G-Mann knew something was wrong with the amosfear (atmosphere) of the locals. Nobody was moving an inch, and a tumbleweed was frozen in time midair over Washington Boulevard.

*Crash!*

"Haha ha! chortle! It is I, Xenu! I have frozen this town in time, and soon eough the world! Bow before me, G-Mann, and you will know the true meaning of mercy!"

"Will there be tobackey?"

"No"

And with that, G-Mann pulled out his Warcrasher 3000 Energy Megahertz Pulse Laser weapon and blew Xenu back to the watery depths (in the water table below the town). The locals were immediately refreshed from their frozen state ("Yay...") and the tumbleweed resumed its course along the town's main thoroughfare ("Huzzah...").

Alas, nobody knew the true heroism of G-Mann that day as they went along with their lives as if nothing ever happened.

But at least he had his tobackey.

The End(?)

This just in

*NEWSFLASH!*

Not only does hitting a remote control not repair it, but it also makes absolutely no sense.

Seriously the coolest job ever. Check out http://erikatnasa.blogspot.com for more photos!

Smutty koalas...

erik@NASA

Check out http://erikatnasa.blogspot.com/ to watch me fly a 747!

General Pornography

After attempting to access the Russian Space Agency's website from within NASA's firewall, I was greeted with a message telling me my request was blocked.

The site was listed under the blocking category, "General Pornography."

"I hate to pull your string, but..."

Today was launch day for the second return to flight mission of the space shuttle Discovery. I was sure to take advantage of my status at NASA Langley Research Center to watch the launch with NASA employees and their families on center. I also had a plan to post a video like what you see on the History Channel of ebullient engineers celebrating a successful launch.

However, lightning clouds scrubbed the launch today. The next attempt will occur around 3:30 P.M. Eastern Time.