Wednesday

Photo: NASA
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: A day after being dispatched from the International Space Station, the first operational Orbital Sciences Corp. Cygnus resupply craft re-entered Earth's atmosphere today and burned up over the South Pacific Ocean. The fire was by design - Cygnus is not recyclable. Along for the fiery end were 3,250 pounds of ISS trash, opening up some elbow room on the orbiting research lab.

LIVE! FROM SEATTLE: Here's a link to a Web cam up high on the Space Needle -
http://www.spaceneedle.com/webcam/  Yes, a lot of times clouds are going to obscure your view, but on some days, including today, it's a lovely view.

DEBATABLE: This evening, we watched some of the debate between Bill Nye ('The Science Guy') and Ken Ham, founder and CEO of Kentucky’s Creation Museum.  (The Web site for that museum is an eye opener, BTW. Yowza.)

About 10 minutes into it, I heard CJ mutter, "He's insane" when Ham tried to explain that animals were vegetarian pre-Noah's ark times. (Bill Nye begged to differ, pointing out that, for instance, lions' teeth were clearly not designed for grazing on broccoli.) CJ face palmed so many times, I think he probably has a sprained wrist. Or a sprained face.

Lots of sites have parts or all of the debate online, including MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-live/watch-now-bill-nye-debates-ken-ham

YES, AGAIN: We spent hours in West Seattle working on wood floors again today, and that's all I'll say, except that my body is getting used to construction and I'm not as hobbled as I was, which is awesome!

STING AND SIMON: Tonight,We the adults in the household had a field trip close to home, to Key Arena to see Paul Simon and Sting perform. The place was nearly sold out, and it was a Baby Boom crowd, for sure. I felt like a spring chicken for a change. ;)

They're each immensely talented entertainers, and together they made some magic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt5YSZOqyUg