Superman no more I can't believe that Christopher Reeve is dead. He was such a driving force for stem-cell research and scientific advances. He genuinely believed that one day he would walk again. I suppose now he will, since Heaven is all that's good, but I would have liked to see him do it on Earth. I will miss you, Superman.

(stl plug: a link to WU's spinal research site is included in the article.)

On the good side of things, both the Cardinals and the Rams won their games last night. The Rams won in overtime, overcoming a 17-point deficit to totally stun the crowd. The Cardinals came back from losing the last away game in Los Angeles to beating them 6-2, so they're moving onto the NLCS for a best of 7 series. Getting closer to the World Series! How cool would it be to have the Cards in a World Series again? The last time they went was '87, the last time they won was '82...they definitely need to do it again so I can be around and remember it

And my whole family made apple pies last night. Dad did the peeling, mom did the pie crust, and I picked the apples Well, not last night of course. But I did help in random ways...mmmm. apple pie. Soooo good. Thank goodness there will be some waiting for me after class tonight. Argh! Class! Test a week from Wednesday! Nooooo! I have so much homework to do before then....it seems like this semester (year, really) is going by so quickly. Which is good in that the class will be over soon, but bad that we're already up against another test. Bah.

It smells like turpentine in here. I am heartily sick of all this construction. And I really need to get out and exercise, but I'm not willing to get up earlier and I feel like when I get home I need to immediately eat something and do homework. Ergh.

And especially important this week: I need you to vote for me today and all this week. I'm at the highest level of competition and it seems like whenever I get to this level my support just isn't enough. So please give it a click? Vote links are also after the post

Check this out. Cool astronomy. Thanks D.