The Chronicles of Spaceman Axdahl

Moved

2007-12-31T15:34:00.000-08:00

G'day! Did you know I moved? Well, I did:

http://www.spacemanaxdahl.com

I heart the 90's

2006-08-29T13:49:00.000-07:00

Mom: You really don't like music by female artists, do you?

Me: In general, no, not really.

I bet you don't have any women in your music collection.

Actually...*flips through music collection*...Wilson Phillips, Brenda Carlisle...are you ashamed of me yet?

Of course not.

...Janet Jackson...

Okay, now I'm ashamed.

Reading into the NBC Today show

2006-08-23T07:59:00.000-07:00

"You know—those one-pound chubs that have the opaque packaging around them."

"You want to touch it to make sure it's firm—you also want to touch it to make sure it's cool."

2006-07-30T20:08:00.000-07:00

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.

2006-07-30T14:37:00.000-07:00

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

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

2006-07-29T16:25:00.000-07:00

Some Saturday afternoon bossa nova

2006-07-23T13:43:00.000-07:00

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

2006-07-16T20:29:00.000-07:00

*NEWSFLASH!*

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

2006-07-12T18:33:00.000-07:00

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

2006-07-11T17:02:00.000-07:00

Smutty koalas...

erik@NASA

2006-07-06T15:42:00.000-07:00

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

General Pornography

2006-07-05T15:30:00.000-07:00

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..."

2006-07-01T17:54:00.000-07:00

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.

2006-06-25T09:11:00.000-07:00

Aloha my precious little ducklings! I apologize that mum's been the word recently. Therefore, I will take until July 1st to remedy this writer's block!

See you then!

Banking

2006-06-19T19:57:00.000-07:00

So there I am, minding my own business as I'm banking online, when I'm suddenly disturbed by this image in the banner of my bank's webpage:

Any guesses as to what this man is offering to or recieving from his (?) baby?

2006-06-18T13:27:00.000-07:00

Happy Father's Day!

Everything you'd ever need

2006-06-17T10:43:00.000-07:00

Yorktown, VA

Hmm

2006-06-15T15:35:00.000-07:00

As seen on the way to lunch:

Morning Star Baptist Church

I know that "Morning Star" has been used to describe Jesus in addition to Lucifer, but you'd think that they could pick a better phrase to describe their church than one that has two distinct meanings.

erik@NASA update

2006-06-14T18:17:00.000-07:00

Added a couple of photos: http://erikatnasa.blogspot.com

Robot Kitten

2006-06-11T12:37:00.000-07:00

Arguably the cutest thing ever

New post on erik@NASA

2006-06-10T18:35:00.000-07:00

A brief overview of the NASA research center that I get to work in for this summer:
http://erikatnasa.blogspot.com/

erik@NASA

2006-06-07T16:57:00.000-07:00

I've set up a blog for my romps at NASA Langley:
http://erikatnasa.blogspot.com

I will be sure to notify you all of a new posting on that blog on this site for anyone who is interested. Be sure to check out today's post on the ARES vehicle which is proposed to fly in the Martian atmosphere!

A brief post

2006-06-05T20:06:00.000-07:00

It was Spaceman Axdahl’s first day at the Advanced Engineering Environments branch located at NASA’s mother location, Langley Research Center.

My head a-splode.

They stressed that they’re willing to give us an all expense paid trip to Club Fed if we “export” any privileged information, but I’m sure I can at least tell you what my group is doing for the next ten weeks.

Develop a test bed that involves one aircraft autonomously following another at close range, which has implications for the automated refueling (e.g. an automated tanker fueling an automated aircraft).

Deal with the radiation hazards of space, for example an optimal balance between a module’s shielding coverage with weight.

Develop an explanation for pectoris excavatum (see Google)…for the children.

Maternal musings, son's counterpoint

2006-05-31T16:42:00.000-07:00

Gadunkadunk... ...who said that?

Who says what?

Gadunkadunk

...Nobody. Nobody has ever said that.

No! That's not true. I've heard it before!

... ... ...

Do you mean badonkadonk?

Oh yeah! Yes!

::: insert explanation of term you'd rather not explain to your mother :::

Delinquent posting

2006-05-30T15:01:00.000-07:00

Hewwo!

I have been delinquent in posting as a direct result of my roadtrip to VA.

New post soon.

In the meantime, the panoramic Blue Ridge Mountains.