070207.Corston.Prowling Near the Prow

February 7, 2007 at 12:10 am | In Architecture, Canals, Corston, Dogs, Gardens & Parks, Light and Shadow, River Avon, Riverboats, river, somerset |

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On February 5, 2007, NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak was arrested in Orlando, Florida. Police allege she was planning to kidnap and murder a romantic rival. “….She replied, “That was stupid.” During a search of Nowak’s car parked at a nearby motel, the police found a letter written by Nowak in which she proclaimed her love for [fellow astronaut] Oefelein, along with latex gloves, opened packages for both a buck knife and pepper spray, an unused BB cartridge, handwritten directions to Shipman’s house, copies of e-mails from Shipman to Oefelein, and diapers. The astronaut explained she had used the latter during the 900 mile drive from her home in Houston, Texas to Orlando so she did not have to stop to urinate (U.S. shuttle astronauts wear diapers during launch and re-entry). They also found receipts indicating Nowak paid only in cash during her trip from Houston, including for her hotel stay.” She drove this distance after Shipman boarded the plane in Houston to Orlando, after finding out Shipman was her rival. The incident occured after a hooded trench coat, sunglasses and wig-wearing Nowak ran after Shipman in the parking lot to prevent Shipman from locking the car door. Oh, and Oefelein, the astronaut at the centre of these two women already was married and has two kids….

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  1. Your description hasn’t anything to do with neither an adorable dog nor a boat.

    I think I used too many negatives in that sentence.

    Comment by JosyC — February 7, 2007 #

  2. Good to have a guard dog on duty. My goodness, what a story. Outer space is not good for the human mind, apparently. And as for her - well - at least she was organized!

    Comment by Reya Mellicker — February 7, 2007 #

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