Subject: Whining crybabies, it's unbelievable
Whining crybabies, it's unbelievable
March 31st, 2014 at 10:35 am ESTHello Friend, I just don't get it!Why are some people just prone to whining and complaining about something instead of just takingaction and doing something about it? For example, a guy that wrote me an email the other day, and complained about getti ...
The return of Mars in opposition
March 30th, 2014 at 2:24 pm ESTHello Friend, Mars returns to opposition in April.Yep, it's be a couple of years since we've had some close up views of Mars.At the best of times, it's still a relatively small planet as they go, however as Springarrives, it can be seen rising in the ...
The connection we have with the Stars
March 29th, 2014 at 11:23 am ESTHello Friend,It's a fact that 80% of the stars in the night sky are double stars.Double stars are two stars, that are in a permanent orbit with each other. In fact, some scientists and astronomers have suggested that even our own Sun, could be a doub ...
This is crazy enough to drive you to drink!
March 28th, 2014 at 11:39 am ESTHello Friend, Ever heard of Stop signs for tourists only?Well, apparently since most North Americans don't know how to use a roundabout, when driving on the wrong sideof the road, on this island, the local authorities have put up stop signs at severa ...
Why are some folks afraid of amateur astronomers?
March 27th, 2014 at 10:05 am ESTHello Friend, Finding a good dark sky sometimes, is like trying to find a good Carribean rum punch. Seriously.At a restaurant here the other night on Turks Caicos, I ordered my first rum punch on this trip, and usually the first one is the best rem ...
Eight bucks for Strawberries?
March 26th, 2014 at 10:35 am ESTHello Friend, $8. for a container of Driscoll Strawberries! Yep, when I went to the local supermarket yesterday to do some shopping for groceries, here in Turks Caicos, no one mentioned that I should rob a bank prior to going. Seriously! ...
Observe Orion in a t-shirt
March 25th, 2014 at 3:21 pm ESTHello Friend, Orion in a T shirt. Here in Turks Caicos.I,m not going to tell you the temperature, because you likely don't want to know, unless you too arein the Caribbean.Yes, I can officially state that observing Orion in a t shirt and shorts, is a ...
A rumskullion , that's what he is, mate
March 24th, 2014 at 9:30 am ESTHello Friend, Im about to board a plane and head off to darker skies, in Turks Caicos, where observing iOrion in a t shirt is a far better prospect, than sticking around these here cold parts, and supposed Spring Weather. Anyone for ground hog ste ...
"I've never seen anything like that before!"
March 23rd, 2014 at 12:04 pm ESTHello Friend, And perhaps she never will again. Those were the words of Sam Martine, of Nanton, Alberta who recently spotted a couple of " weird, hovering lights"while watching TV with her daughter. (Were they coming to abduct Premier Allison Redfor ...
The Rosetta Stones of the Universe. Could you find one in your backyard?
March 22nd, 2014 at 10:16 am ESTHello Friend, It's all a matter of luck. Right after Premier Alison Redford, decided to resign, all of a sudden several meteors were spotted in Eastern Canada skies. Two down East in the maritimes, and one close to home, in St. Thomas, Ontario. A ...