[Joe 6-pack]

I've been stoically resisting the urge to weep all day. The thoughts generated by this report leave me unable to do so.

[Inspectorette]

I've been having a tough time, too.

Was glued to the TV and FR all morning.

Went for a haircut, and my 39-year-old hairdresser just had her last chemo treatment for breast cancer. She's now awaiting surgery in about four weeks. Now has found out this week that her Mom has been diagnosed with breast cancer, too.

On top of that, there was a lady there, recently retired from Vandenberg, whose daughter was due to get out of the Army, but got extended. She got deployed last week, and was supposed to be able to call her Mom, but has not been heard from. Her Mom has no idea where she is.

I've been trying to hold it in all day, but I think I'm going to just let it go and sob.

What a day...

[StolarStorm]

Don't worry about. I've been crying all day... and I don't cry. I saw my father cry for the first and only time on the day of the Challenger disaster. He had just gotten off his shift as a GC in the control center and I was home sick wih the flu. Sadly, he will retire soon, and this was to be the last mission in which he would be responsible for shuttle communications.

[HiTech RedNeck]

It would have been very quick.