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Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version

Atlantis is on its way back home after having to land at Edwards AFB in California:



It might just be me, but that laden 747 looked way too big to get off the ground.  It'll take a couple days to get back to Florida; tonight it's staying in Texas for refueling.

I'd mentioned this on Twitter earlier but it's apropos here and pretty funny, I thought.  This is on the 747, on one of the Shuttle mount points:

Natalie and Kate dancing with joy this morning. They're always very happy when it's time to get up

Just as an aside, I'd like to register my annoyance that Google Video has shut down but YouTube (its replacement) hasn't yet picked up any of its features - mainly opting out of search results. Hopefully it's coming at some point.

Ever wondered what it's like when twins go down for a nap? Here's an abridged version of the (by no means atypical) 45 minutes it took them to go down for their afternoon nap today.

3 4x4 cheeseburgers, shake, and fries.

If anyone's also following tuttleblog.com, it's being shutdown shortly.  Leesa has a new blog and we'll be posting most pictures behind access control on Facebook and/or Shutterfly so the site is unnecessary now.

Finally, finally (finally) got the girls' first birthday video uploaded and working.  Please to enjoy.

I don't understand why they haven't tried to do two seasons of American Idol a year.  They have the time, and I can't imagine anyone involved turning down more money.  Look at all this dead space in a Google Trends for "American Idol":