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Catch a Falling Star
I've been following this story for a few weeks now, but I don't know what to make of it. In a nutshell, the Genesis probe is coming back with extraterrestrial matter, so NASA wants to collect it falling out of the sky before it touches down. To this end, they have hired stunt pilots from Hollywood. I guess this is one of those moments where fact and fiction-making start to blend into a weird zone.

The return of the Genesis probe will mark the first bits of extraterrestrial matter retrieved from space by human means since the 1970s, when moon rocks were carried back to Earth by manned U.S. Apollo and unmanned Soviet Luna missions, NASA said.

If successful, it also will make aviation history as the first man-made object captured by aircraft as it entered Earth's atmosphere from space, said Roy Haggard, an aerospace research executive hired by NASA to design the Genesis retrieval project.

He said helicopters were used in thousands of missions to grab parachuted canisters of film shot by spy cameras over Vietnam and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

Which goes to show it's not as crazy as it all sounds.

What Separates The Morons From Men
The Yankees are now in the thick of the penant race, faced with the challenge of holding off the charging Red Sox. Of course Kevin Brown, the man they really need to pitch to form punches a wall in frustration after a bad outing and breaks his left hand. Now they say he is vowing to return this season. If this isn't silly enough, he has this to say for himself:

"I don't know how much you want to know. I've pitched in more pain than I have right now," he said sternly.

And of course inevitably:

When asked what made him throw a left at the wall instead of a right, Brown said: "Years of experience.''

Now where was I in the process of separating Morons from real men?
Is it really an issue of chooosing to punch the wall with your left hand rather than the right?

- Art Neuro