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Happy birthday Saturday.

PO

Originally Posted by PessOptimist

Happy birthday Saturday.

PO

Thanks PO. Happy Belated Birthday to you. Life gets in the way sometimes, doesn't it?

Hope you had a great day.

Worked hard all day in the yard and then took the wife to Red Robin for my free birthday burger.

From govexec.com

Officials Outline Plans to Loosen TSP Withdrawal Rules

• By Erich Wagner May 30, 2018 43 Comments

https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/05/officials-outline-plans-loosen-tsp-withdrawal-rules/148589/?oref=t

Full implementation setup scheduled right about the month I've been planning to pull the plug. Unless I go sooner, I hit 62 about 6mos earlier than Sept 2019. Would be nice to have all the new rules in place before I pull the plug, would help with financial planning certainty around timing of the new rules. As is, I don't want to make any big withdrawal decisions until the new rules are all firmly in place. timing is everything at this point, time's awasting. I'm starting to chomp at the bit.

Dino-Killing Asteroid Impact Warmed Earth's Climate for 100,000 Years

By Tereza Pultarova, Space.com Contributor | May 24, 2018 02:00pm ET

https://www.space.com/40690-dino-kil...n=20180526-sdc

Glow from Kilauea Volcano Outburst Captured in Stunning Observatory Video

By Samantha Mathewson, Space.com Contributor | May 25, 2018 07:33am ET

https://www.space.com/40694-kilauea-...n=20180525-sdc

Could We Build the Millennium Falcon from 'Star Wars'?

By Chelsea Gohd, Space.com Staff Writer | May 25, 2018 07:17am ET

https://www.space.com/40684-could-we-build-star-wars-millennium-falcon.html?utm_source=sdc-newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180525-sdc

NASA's InSight Mars Lander Fires Up Its Engines in Space for 1st Time

By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer | May 25, 2018 07:42am ET

https://www.space.com/40691-insight-...n=20180528-sdc

From Space.com
https://www.space.com/

Earth's Life Reacts to 20 Years of Environmental Change in NASA Animation

By Douglas Messier, Space.com Contributor | June 12, 2018 07:20am ET

https://www.space.com/40855-changing...n=20180612-sdc

From Space.com
https://www.space.com/

Puzzling Cosmic Glow Is Caused by Diamond Dust Glamming Up Stars

By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer | June 11, 2018 11:30am ET
https://www.space.com/40840-nanodiam...n=20180612-sdc


"The study team also detected the unique infrared-light signatures of nanodiamonds — carbon crystals far smaller than a grain of sand — in these same three systems, and nowhere else..."

Nanodiamonds???

Originally Posted by nasa1974

From Space.com
https://www.space.com/

Earth's Life Reacts to 20 Years of Environmental Change in NASA Animation

By Douglas Messier, Space.com Contributor | June 12, 2018 07:20am ET

https://www.space.com/40855-changing...n=20180612-sdc

That's COOL, the warmer times are GREENER!