Subject: A rumskullion , that's what he is, mate
A rumskullion , that's what he is, mate
March 24th, 2014 at 9:30 am EDTHello 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 EDTHello 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 EDTHello 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 ...
The Worst Vernal Equinox article -ever!
March 21st, 2014 at 12:09 pm EDTHello Friend, You simply can't believe everything you read in the newspaper, and certainly not the Toronto Star. Where's Conrad Black when you really need him? (Just kiddin'.) I'll preface this Toronto star article written back in 2009, with the ...
Ripped off in Peru
March 20th, 2014 at 12:30 pm EDTHello Friend, "|Ripped off in Peru". Yesterday I got an email from a customer who had been in the store, well over a month ago, and afterdiscussing what his budget was with Alex, in the store, chose to buy a portable ...
Is Neil Degrasse Tyson, the new Carl Sagan?.
March 19th, 2014 at 10:58 am EDTHello Friend, If you haven't had the opportunity to watch the new COSMOS series, Sunday nights on Fox Television and other channels, then you've been missing out big time, and more than likely, you are living under a rockif you have not heard about i ...
Your computerized equatorial mount won't work properly, if you don't do this
March 18th, 2014 at 12:07 pm EDTHello Friend, Stop cursing your computerized equatorial mount. What I'm about to share with you is something you really want to pay attention too. Remember the days of the flashing VCR? You know the one that would constantly flash 12:00 because i ...
The biggest mistake you can make in astroimaging
March 16th, 2014 at 11:21 am EDTHello Friend, It's a problem I see, over and over. People trying to take decent astroimages and getting frustrated. Why? They tend to overload their telescope's mount, with all sorts of gear, such as guidescopes, CCD cameras,digital camera's, whatev ...
Keep your pants up, this is not for the faint hearted
March 15th, 2014 at 12:20 pm EDTHello Friend, As a rule of thumb, you won't find trouble unless you go looking for it. So I asked Lloyd at the local coffee shop, why he would be expecting anyone to be coming with him with a knife? Especially in such a quiet, friendly town on Mani ...
How a Jesus belt buckle can save your life!
March 14th, 2014 at 11:38 am EDTHello Friend, When you're on the road, the sign of a Tim Horton's is like a pilgramage to Mecca might be for some folks. Ok, not exactly, but you get the idea.... For the March break, I am at my house on Manitoulin Island. It's in the central part ...