The Bad Influence Speaks

Enola Gay at the Smithsonian Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Hump Day Quote: Laurell K Hamilton

Most hatred is based on fear, one way or another. Yeah. I wrapped myself in anger, with a dash of hate, and at the bottom of it all was an icy center of pure terror.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Guilty Pleasures

The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is a mass of planes since the start of avaition. I'm not sure which this one is beyond probably WWII.

Merch Monday: Living like a Mermaid

 

Want to feel like a pretty, sparkly merperson (hey, everyone deserves a chance to feel sparkly and special) every time you step into a shower or bath? Check out this fantastical shower curtain from Monika Strigel on Society6. It's a spangly, spanking good time. You can even get the pattern in a rug.

Link to purchase the glittery goodness

Looking down the entrance to the James S. McDonnell Space Hanger at the space shuttle Discovery
at the Smithsonian Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Isn't she gorgeous?

View along the side of the space shuttle Discovery at the Smithsonian Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Heat tiles on the side of the Space Shuttle Discovery at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Looking straight at the nose of the space shuttle Discovery at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
(The Atlantis display at Kennedy Space Center is more awe-inspiring. This one is kind of plain.)

WWII Planes at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center as part of the National Air and Space Museum.
I know the one with the propellers facing you is a F4U Corsair (thanks to watching too  much
Black Sheep Squadron with my father as a kid). The other might be a P40 Warhawk as flown
by Chennault's Flying Tigers in China.

Btw, the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is a giant hanger near Dulles airport that houses many of the
planes preserved by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. It's worth a trip out.

Statue of Pocahontas at Historic Jamestown