This past Saturday, I was up before the sun for a road race. My hometown is reputed to have the "World's Largest Free Street Fair." Or at least, it used to hold that title. It's been dwindling lately, so some other town may have taken over the title. Anyway, the last day of the fair is a 10K/Half Marathon race. My dad and I did the 10K (6.2 miles ( Read more... )

Last Saturday, just before midnight, I got a phone call. Barring an emergency, it was probably the only person that would call me that late - my brother. After establishing that, yes, I was awake (I was just getting ready to crawl into bed), he tells me that I need to come out and see Jupiter. He's got a nice telescope and an even nicer mount. It' ( Read more... )

Yesterday and the day before are the best days in August. Why? Because it was the annual Perseid Meteor Shower. This year it was clear with no moon so there was some really great viewing in my area. Peak viewing hours were this morning around 2am. Since I had to be at work this morning I missed out, but I still got a pretty good show ( Read more... )