Several years ago, a local bar hired a band, and the owner said, “Don’t miss this one Marion. They are awesome.” I’ve seen tons of bands in my time, and was in three or four myself, so it takes a lot to impress me. Needless to say, they exceeded my expectations, or I wouldn’t be posting about them in my blog. I had to pleasure to see them play three times, and during one of those, captured some photographs too.

My friend just sent this to me, and I’m in tears. I would be just devastated had this happened to me. I guess the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation should be “proud of themselves” for the devastation they caused not only to PNUT but to their caretaker, Longo. Shame on you!

The Challenger disaster was a devastating blow and prompted President Ronald Reagan to convene fourteen extraordinary specialists to investigate the cause of the accident. The result was the Rogers Commission, named for its chairman William P. Rogers, and included Neil Armstrong, Sally Ride, physics Nobel laurate Richard Feynman, and mechanical engineer, Roger M. Boisjoly of Moron Thiokol, who had warned NASA of the uncertainty of the O-ring and its possible failure, which unfortunately came to fruition.