Open Thread and Diary Rescue

This evening's Rescue Rangers are Louisiana 1976, taylormattd, jlms qkw (pulling a double shift), dopper0189, and grog with shayera editing.

• joetex recounts how he and his neighbors got through the power failure following Ike in Hurricane: Saved by the Electric Mini? (Louisiana 1976)
• Vladislaw gives us a potpourri of science and science fiction news in Burt Rutan: "Houston, we have a problem." Kennedy Quote. Poll Results. (jlms qkw)
• Michael Alton Gottlieb writes an essay speculating what the future holds after the breakdown of the current international order: End of Empire: Beginning of Wisdom. (dopper0189)
• supak wanders through depression, chemistry and emotional demands in A Crock Full of Happiness. (grog)
• Schopenhauer Telescope contrasts his current teaching position and the children of a private school with his previous experience in a public one in The Educator Diaries, Part I: Educating the Elite. (Louisiana 1976)
• newfie53523 shares an easy way to make someone happy in Making a difference in the life of a child one birthday cake at a time. (jlms qkw)

jotter has High Impact Diaries: January 4, 2009.

Eddie C has Top Comments 01-05-2008 Sixty Years Ago Today Edition.

Enjoy and please promote your own favorite diaries in this open thread.