a question for the bicycle brain trust

Is it possible to overinflate a tire with a small hand pump? I fear that I may have done so, resulting in the loss of two tubes in as many weeks on different wheels. I've found nothing stuck in the tires, which is as you'd expect because construction on my fave bike trail has been finished for months now.

Come to think of it, though, housing construction on the top of Phinney Ridge, which is also on my usual route, has been ongoing since before the bike trail got finished. Le sigh.

Mazel tov to a truly amazing woman.

So, there's someone who I'm reluctant to identify, but who has a lot of mutual friends with me. She dug herself out of "the mud", as she put it, of small-town Washington state, then wrestled ADHD to the mat to get through college, then got a Ph.D.

And now? You know those scientists in the movies who save the earth from asteroids? She's the real thing. You've no idea how much I admire her; what's in this entry isn't the half of it.

Why am I posting about her now? Well, we've kept in touch, even though she's long since moved far away. She's involved in NASA's DART mission that just launched last night. She sent me the link to the live video, and we both watched it.

Mazel tov, Dr. Wyvern. You've earned it.