Nooooooooooo! WTF is with all the pancreatic cancer lately? This sucks.
FUCK FUCKITY FUCK FUCK FUCK CANCER!!!!
@Mistress Cynica: Especially pancreatic cancer.
She did so much for women in science, technology, engineering, and math. I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid and she was the reason why.
I love the picture you chose, Bloggie. SF Chronicle has some more of her.
Jeez.
So long Sally.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
And she came out of the closet in her obituary. Survived by her partner of 27 years.
@TJ/ Jamie Sommers /TJ: I was weeping at my desk this afternoon.
@SanFranLefty:
I wasn’t sure, but I suspected after reading her obit.
That will send the Jeebus Anti Gay crowd into a tizzy. The first US Amercia female Astronaut was a lesbian. BTW, the first Canada City female Astronaut is one as well.
Ride, Sally Ride.
She went to my high school for a while.
OK, all the bad news I can handle. Look, cheetah cubs!

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