The Writer's Life 3/26 - Originals

"Mad" Mike Hughes lives in California, where he makes $15 an hour plus tips as a limo driver. He also dabbles in rocket science. In January 2014 he flew his first self-built ship 1374 feet into the atmosphere over Winkelman, Arizona. The flight lasted a little more than a minute. According to accounts, he collapsed after the landing. He said it took him three days to recover. Yesterday he propelled himself 1875 feet at more than 300 mph in a self-built rocket that landed safely about 1500 feet from the launch point in the Mojave Desert. Although dinged up a bit, he suffered no serious injuries. And what's the point of all this? He is a member of the flat-earth community, which helps him raise funds for his flights. He hopes to eventually soar high enough into space and take a picture that will confirm his belief the earth is flat. According to his profile at Wiki, he is either 61 or 62. One thing is certain - he is an American original, extra crispy even. Here's a pic:

Kudos to 60 Minutes and its non-partisan approach to the sexual hijinks of presidents long before they entered office. They gave a forum to porn star Stormy Daniels, who had a roll in the hay with Donald Trump, just as they did to former nursing home administrator Juanita Broaddrick, who accused Bill Clinton of raping her in April 1978 when she was 35 and he was Arkansas Attorney General. No one could ever accuse the network of bias. Here's the Broaddrick interview in its entirety:

For the first two-and-a-half hours, it looked like there would be zero returns at the floating book shop this glorious day. Then George, a Vietnam vet, bought a Rosamund Pilcher paperback romance and another gentleman purchased a crime novel in Russian, and another The Celestine Vision: Living the New Spiritual Awareness by James Redfield. Special thanks to the lovely young woman who selected Committed A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert, a collection of ghost stories, and two copies of Fifty Shades Freed, the third part of the trilogy that has made E. L. James very wealthy, and a lot of readers very happy.
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