Statement Of Principles
I'm going to be away from the blog this afternoon and most of tomorrow. Ordinarily, I'd just give the "light blogging ahead" notice and make sure to post again tomorrow night to meet my self-imposed goal of not missing a day. But I'm also going to be away from the blog for a longer period of time next week, and Lain, who's watched too much Letterman lately, decided that I need a guest host during my absence. To make sure we're ready for everything to run smoothly next week, I decided to go ahead and turn the keys over to him today and tomorrow as a practice run. So expect some rich, Lain-y goodness in the blog the next couple of days.
I figured this would be a good opportunity, though, to begin outline what exactly this blog stands for. Here's a few thoughts to begin with:

• Space exploration is one of the most important endeavors of our time. Future human exploration beyond our home planet should be supported, and recognition should be given to the growing diversity of involvement in spaceflight.
  
• A daily dose of Hatbag would do anyone a world of good.
  
• Apple rocks.
  
• Humor, at its best, is funny. At its worst, it should be ignored.
  
• The Star Trek and Star Wars series have produced some wonderful moments. They can also produce crap. The former should be encouraged.
  
• Some movies are cool.
  
• Robots are evil, and left unchecked, will rise against humanity and crush us. Everything possible should be done to prevent this. The human-robot war has already begun.
  
• Corollary to point 1: NASA is cool.
  
• Feedback is good, and essential to the healthy operation of a blog of the people.
  
• Comic strips and editorial cartoons are cool, especially those with a Mississippi connection.

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