So, although I was feeling tired and lazy by 11.30pm I put my winter coat on, and my wristwarmers, because it's that cold here tonight even though it's August, and went out to try to see the Perseid meteor shower, also called 'The Tears of St Lawrence' (whoever he was). The Swift-Tuttle comet has a 130 year orbit of the sun but we pass through its ( Read more... )