Must-read story of the day

Harold and Olive, and how they touched the lives of Slava and Lera and young Marina.

Don't miss this one.

HT: TMQ's ever-so-much-more-than-mere-football column, which in this particular case also features a long and fascinating treatment of the supernova that has just gotten through killing any and all life that might have existed in its own galaxy or any of several other galaxies nearby. Wonder what the SETI people think of that one?