Marissa Everhart four ways

Marissa Everhart is a Florida-based (and Florida-born, I believe) model and personality who currently mainly represents Pelagic fishing gear between glamour shoots.  She's posed for various Playboy venues, been on the cover of at least one international Playboy magazine, and also repped lingerie brands.  Her Instagram frequently shows her either looking glamorous, or on deck with a recent catch.

Here, I chose four recent glamour shots.

Hayabusa2 leaves Ryugu, heads for Earth

This time, the Japanese mission to an asteroid got some real samples (and not just a few precious particles).

And now the final act is to come home and drop those samples back to Earth.  And it just started the long journey back.

Farewell, Ryugu! Japan's Hayabusa2 Probe Leaves Asteroid for Journey Home

"Mission controllers and with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) told the Hayabusa2 spacecraft to turn toward home at 10:05 a.m. local time Nov. 13 (8:05 p.m. EST Nov. 12; 0105 GMT Nov. 13). That command marks the beginning of the last stage of the mission, which launched in December 2014 to explore and sample an asteroid dubbed Ryugu and also included deploying several smaller robots onto the rocky body."

The return journey will take about a year, so next November, look for Hayabusa2 in the skies near you.

Rod Stewart's railroad

It turns out that Brit rock legend Rod Stewart has a secret passion:  model trains.

And he opened the doors to his train layout so the world could see it.

It's flat-out incredible.

Rod Stewart's secret hit track! After 26 years, the veteran rocker finally lets the world see his breathtaking completed model railway - a 124ft spread depicting an entire US city and inspired by the view from his childhood home

Here's one picture from the Daily Mail article linked above. Remember, this is a model.

Impeachment humor

Alexandra Petri of the Washington Post gets funny about impeachment, and the Republican view of it, in this op-ed.


Nikki Haley makes some good points about never impeaching anyone ever


1. "Impeachment is a mysterious appendix that was added to the Constitution because the Founders wanted to give people the illusion of control, like the button that claims to close the elevator doors."

2. "But also it is bad that these people tried to stop him. Even if what they tried to stop him from was doing crimes. It is not right to stop him from doing anything; he is the president (Article II says he can do whatever he likes), and it is a slippery slope to think that you know better than the president."

Catch them if you can

The Bohemian Crown Jewels only go on display occasionally.   The last time was in January 2018.

Bohemian Crown Jewels

I don't know when they'll be on display again, so if they do and you have a chance to see them, I'd do it.  This short article (from whence I acquired the picture) says that they usually go on display every five years, so mark your calendar for January 2023.

About that crown: "The St. Wenceslas Crown - wrought of extremely pure gold (21 -22 carat), decorated with precious stones and pearls - is the oldest item of the Crown Jewels. It weighs almost two and a half kilos and, including the cross, reaches a height of 19 cm."

From "Legends of the Bohemian Crown Jewels", we have more on the stones.  "The precious stones include 44 spinels, 30 emeralds, 19 sapphires, 20 pearls, 1 ruby, 1 rubellite and 1 aquamarine ..."

If you do get to Prague when they aren't on display, which is obviously most of the time, there is still something to see -- copies of the BCJ are available for viewing instead.

Boat in the river threatens world's most famous waterfall

According to this recent article, an abandoned boat in the Niagara River upstream of the falls, which has been there for decades, made a move recently that could potentially lead to the boat going over the falls -- or getting stuck halfway down.

The boat is called the "Iron Scow".  If you type that into Google Maps, it even locates it for you.

Well, the river ran heavy a few days ago, and the Iron Scow moved.

Iron Scow dislodged; moves toward Niagara Falls 


Let's hope it stays in its new location (see below) for a long, long time.

Two birth announcements from the Daily Mail

American gold medalist gymnast Shawn Johnson just recently gave birth, following a miscarriage and a few concerns about the health of the unborn baby that turned out ultimately not to be problems.  And she also did it with a broken foot.  Women are tough.

It's a girl! Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson and her husband welcome their first daughter two years after sharing miscarriage heartbreak


Joanna Krupa, who a few years ago was considered a contender for the MBWITW (Most Beautiful Woman In The World), also just had her first child.

Joanna Krupa is 'doing great' after giving birth to a baby girl with husband Douglas Nunes by her side