There was a dangerous escalation in the Russian/Ukraine conflict today that resulted with a 'doomsday plane' taking flight over nearly all of Missouri.
I think I'm glad I didn't spend a lot of money to go to Sochi, Russia for the Winter Olympic Games.
Mind you, I generally enjoy watching the Winter Games on television, maybe even more than the Summer Games. But while I'm not xenophobic (look it up), and Sharon and I like to travel, I've read too many things about the location and the venues to make me think I'd enjoy it there...
Russia has been rocked by a meteorite explosion in the stratosphere. The impact wave damaged several buildings, and blew out thousands of windows amid frigid winter weather.