Subject: A promise is a promise folks
A promise is a promise folks
May 27th, 2014 at 11:58 am EDTHello Friend, It's enough to drive you batty. Here is the scenario: Let's say Telescope company "A" announces a new product launch, and gives mea ship date. I announce the ship date to you, and then you get excited waiting for your new telescope. Th ...
Use your telescope and "see where the hell you were born"!
May 26th, 2014 at 11:47 am EDTHello Friend, That's what the inventor of the Dobsonian telescope, the late John Dobson, once told a lady who made the mistake in askinghim the question of "Why should I look through a telescope"?, when invited to look through one. Now, that was in ...
A special offer from the folks at Celestron
May 24th, 2014 at 10:56 am EDTSensational Celestron CPC Sale! Celestron is pleased to introduce the Sensational CPC Sale. Beginning May 15th and running through June 30th, customers will receive a FREE StarSense Automatic Alignment Accessory with the purchase of a CPC SCT tele ...
How to skip the frustration of planetary Observing
May 23rd, 2014 at 12:14 pm EDTHello Friend, I really enjoy observing the Planets and hopefully you do too. I just never tire of them. (Unlike reruns of Madmen or episodes of Skippy the Bush Kangaroo when I was young). And lately, we've had the good fortune to observe several an ...
A hornswoggle of a meteor shower coming your way this weekend
May 22nd, 2014 at 12:32 pm EDTHello Friend, You can never predict the actual intensity of a meteor shower till it's actually happening. But what makes the meteor shower this weekend particularly unique is the fact that it is a brand new one. Comet 209P/LINEAR whose orbit was thro ...
Peanut Butter and Rock and Roll Music
May 21st, 2014 at 12:22 pm EDTHello Friend, Imagine you were an Alien who came to this earth, and from what you observed, you thoughtthat the human species was, shall we say, an interesting study? And that, as an alien, you inhabit the body of a Cambridge math professor. Then, ...
Hey, Hey we're the Monkees!
May 20th, 2014 at 9:08 am EDTHello Friend, You might be old enough to remember a pop group from the 60's, called the Monkees. They were America's answer to the Beatles (but not really), and had a tv show for 2 seasonsand a whole bunch of hit songs, such as "Last train to Clarks ...
Plans to watch Cosmos thwarted
May 19th, 2014 at 11:56 am EDTHello Friend, Perhaps you look forward to Sunday nights, like I do, and plan to watch the current Cosmos series,hosted by Neil Degrasse Tyson. However, here in the north country, it is not uncommon for folks in the neighbourhood, to drop byunannoun ...
Don't read this if you are a sensitive snowflake.
May 18th, 2014 at 12:32 pm EDTHello Friend, Look, it's Sunday, and my sweetie just made these amazing buckwheat pancakes, with fruit on top, anda dash of yogurt and walnuts. Seriously, it' was to die for. Best of all, it was a new untested recipe that turned out perfectly. Obvi ...
Guess what happens if you wear a Hab's jersey in a Toronto Mall?
May 17th, 2014 at 11:40 am EDTHello Friend, It's really amazing what can happen if you walk into the local shopping mall, here in Toronto,wearing a Habs (Montreal Canadiens) sweater. That's what my neighbour, a few stores down, Annette who runs the local florist shop, Heavenly ...