The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

Most of this isn't really news anymore, but I don't know if you heard about all of this.


The Good:

The Ansari X Prize was finally won! What the heck is the Ansari X Prize? It is a $10 Million cash prize awarded to the first team that:

* Privately finances, builds & launches a spaceship, able to carry three people to 100 kilometers (62.5 miles)
* Returns safely to Earth
* Repeats the launch with the same ship within 2 weeks

I didn't think anybody would ever be able to do it. I don't know exactly who it is that won, but I think they were sponsored by one of the computer geeks that started Apple.


The Bad:

Christophe Reeves died. I really liked Christopher Reeves. He was cool, even if the last couple of Superman movies were kind of cheesy. My favorite Christopher Reeve movie was Deathtrap with Michael Caine. I don't want to give away the plot, but it was a really good movie. It was one of those murder mystery movies that twists the plot around three or four times so you can't guess what is going to happen next.


The Ugly:

(WARNING: Men might want to just ignore this part)

I don't even know how to describe this. I had heard of weird things, like female urinals, or homemade, reusable tampons and pads, but this was even weirder than that. I don't even want to describe it, and please, don't get me this for Christmas.