Our Astronaut - II

As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts, we were all waiting to get together with "our astronaut" Piers after his successful return to Earth. A couple of weekends ago, Piers was in town to meet members of Congress, and we had a chance to hang out with him and have some great conversation. I was gearing up to ask him so many questions - from the sensational "duct-tape" story to the space station repairs.

One unique characteristic of great people - as I read in "How to Win Friends and Influence People" - is that they remember names! Piers greeted me at the door with my first name! A quick toast and a beer later, I began asking him all sorts of questions. My first one - no surprise - was on the duct tape. "Duct tape is great!", said Piers, "it helps you even in space!". He then talked about various thing about repairing the space station. Just real awesome!

Welcome back, Piers! We LOVED hanging out with you!