Lisa Nowak

A friend of astronaut Lisa Nowak was on CNN this morning. He was a clean and articulate white guy, so he convinced me that Ms. Nowak, when she put on a diaper, a wig and a trenchcoat, and drove 900 miles from Houston to the Orlando airport with a BB-gun, folding knife and chemical spray, to accost another woman who was involved with another astronaut with whom Nowak had "more than a working, but less than a romantic" relationship, was acting out of character.

What a weird (and tragic) story. But it will be interesting to see how it plays out, and what motivated Nowak (some physical malady, some psychological problem?) to take this bizarre path.

And, contrary to the O.J. Simpson saga, at least everyone is still alive.