Archive for August, 2008

Mars (dis)information

Another August is here, and that means it’s time for the Mars/Moon emails to start going around again.
If you haven’t received one, they go something like this:
Planet Mars will be the brightest in the night sky starting August!
It will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. This will cultivate on Aug. [...]

Awed and bummed

In the years BK (before kids), the wife and I used to chase eclipses. Nothing — and I mean NOTHING – is more mind-blowing than standing in the shadow of the Moon.
So I’ve been pretty bummed the past few years, as family responsibilities have kept me from seeing the past few eclipses. Especially when I [...]




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