• The Pluto Chronicles

    All of the talk last week about the New Horizons’ mission past Pluto has reminded me of of one of my most embarrassing college memories.  Possibly one of my all-time most embarrassing moments, but I can’t say for certain.  There is a lot of competition for that title. It was my senior year and Vin (my ex-husband) and I were newlyweds.  I was never an easy riser and I had this alarm clock that I bought specifically for the obnoxiousness of its buzzer.  Vin, however, preferred to change it to the radio setting so that he could gently wake up to NPR and then get the headlines as he went…