Anniversaries

Forty-two years ago today we became the first and so far only country that could put a human being on another world.

Tomorrow we become a country that has to be grateful that its astronauts' spacesuit gloves have thumbs, 'cause sticking one out when the Russians fly by is the only way those astronauts make it into space.

Friar's gonna be a little grumpier than usual for the next couple of days.