Housekeeping Monthly 1955 article on how to be a good housewife:

Listen to him. You may have a dozen important things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first - remember, his topics of conversation are more important than yours.

Don't ask him questions about his actions or question his judgment or integrity. Remember, he is the master of the house and as such will always exercise his will with fairness and truthfulness. You have no right to question him.

A good wife always knows her place.

I've been meaning to read a book about Japanese feminist thought. My program coordinator has a book in her office titled 'About the Japanese Woman', but I'm too damn embarrassed to carry that thing around. Maybe I'd get some sympathetic looks reading it on the train.
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I didn't know about the Columbia crash until a few hours ago. Picking through the kanji and unknown verb-conjugations in the morning newspaper I started to piece it together. It's truly so sad.

The launch was originally delayed due to liner cracks in engine plumbing. I viewed a documentary on the Challenger Disaster recently. The failure of Challenger was one of project management. Outside contractors repeatedly gave safety warnings and recommenced against launch because of a defective "O-Ring" and temperature concerns. But there was huge political pressure to go-ahead, so NASA management ignored the recommendations of their experts. During the formal inquiry after the accident witnesses who tried to expose NASA management's errors were treated as hostile witnesses. Fast forward to present day, the Challenger experience is used in Project Management textbooks as an example of what not to do. It is my sincere hope that the Columbia Crash was a freak occurrence, out of control and unforeseeable, and not once again an outcome of NASA management culture.
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