The cold that had been threatening me all last week finally hit on Friday morning, and I've spent the last four days in haze induced by a mixture of the cold and DayQuil. I actually went home early on Friday, dropped onto the couch, watched some Netflixed Justice League, and felt like I was staying up late when I went to bed at 9:00 or 9:30 ( Read more... )

I don't often repost/link to items from K² Ramblings in here, but this is just too cool. I succeeded in spotting the planet Venus in broad daylight at lunch today!

Steps:

1. Figure out where Venus is in relation to something you can see easily (I used the moon and their relative positions from last night).
2. Stand in the shadow of a building and let ( Read more... )

Irony: Walking through Trader Joe’s and hearing “It never rains in California” on a day that really soaked.

Luck: The rain and clouds cleared up in time for a great view of the lunar eclipse (when we weren’t in a store or eating dinner). Post-eclipse, it started up again.

Coincidence: Watching Lost for the first time (fully aware that Merry ( Read more... )