Since our national culture seems to move from one prurient news story to another at regular intervals these days, I thought I would start a new feature here at EC so that we can better track and analyze these phenomena. So - here's my first feature post in this exciting new category - PNSOTRTP!

Story: Lady Astronaut Goes all Crystal and Alexis on Lady Engineer's Ass Over Two Timing Toady Astronaut Boyfriend

Primary Emotional Response: Glee at how the mighty have fallen

Salient details: Upstanding shuttle flying lady astronaut dons diapers, packs rubber hosing and pepper spray in duffle, and sets speed driving record from Houston to Orlando to meet incoming flight of romantic rival with nefarious intent. Ultimately botches the job and goes from smiley poster girl to stunningly unattractive psycho bitch in just a few short hours.  Hello?  Extreme Makeover?



Overlooked casualties: Psycho astro's hapless hubby, home with their kids while wifey was attacking her rival for some entirely other guy.

Ultimate winner: Toady Astronaut Boyfriend, sure to land a Lifetime movie contract, plus gets to keep the non-psycho girl and get his smarmy mug plastered on every news outlet looking studly in his spacesuit.  Astronaut?  Or Used Car Salesman?  You decide.



Long term outcome: NASA scuttles it's plans to create a trip to Mars reality show "The Real Out of This World", plotted to "put seven people in a spaceship to see what happens when astronauts stop being polite and start getting real".

Stay tuned...