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Damned Weather Varmints
Grounded Hog Time
Woo - it's friggen 'groundhog day'! BFD, right? With most of the country crippled with a deep freeze/snow/ice, whether or not a stupid, fat pampered varmint sees his 'shadow' is of little concern.
But, its time for a silly poll if you are trapped/digging out from the latest 'storm to end all storms'.
Poll Stupid Weather Varmints -
Don't mess with the planetary man..
One full day of Planetary Imaging...
It started out with Saturn at "o'dark thirty" and the "serpent storm"..
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The Master, err...Doctor?
I now have a 'circle beard' or goatee very much like the one of the MASTER of Doctor Who. It was started during the week of "Hothlanta" - aka - Snowpocalypse 2011. Hell, I was bored, it was cold and miserable and Georgia Tech was closed for several days ( Read more... ) -
To the Moon, Alice!
It's SHINY Time at the Doctor's LabWell my first image has NOTHING to do with the Moon, but rather aesthetic and monetary value. Yesterday, I stumbled upon a beautiful 1830 "Capped Bust Type" half dollar in extraordinary condition. I picked it up a *very* reasonable price from an reputable online seller of ancient coins. From looking at comparative ( Read more... ) -
Amazing storm images..
Some of you have probably heard about about a huge storm raging across the disk of Saturn. Discovered first by amateurs, it has been imaged by the orbiting Cassini during the winterholiday$ week. Much more recently, Georgia ace planetary imager Brian Combs took a series of images on the morning of 1/15/11 and using Photoshop, made a short animation ( Read more... ) -
The End of Snowpocalypse 2011
AKA - fun in "Hothlanta"After 3 snow derived "vacation days" - I'm at the lab today. Georgia Tech was to open at 10 AM today, and I made it in after a slow, icy commute lasting 55 minutes (the normal is 25 to 30 minutes). The worst was ITP (inside the perimeter), as both the Interstates and most streets/roads still are very treacherous. But by far ( Read more... ) -
Snowpocalpse 2011!
AKA - BIG Ass Winter StormMost of Georgia (and the SE for that matter) is under a massive "snow blitz" - snow, sleet and freezing rain of near epic proportions. In the Atlanta Metro Area, we have an average of 5 to 7" of snow (closer to a 1' in the mountains) so far - now being compounded by the onslaught of an ice storm ( Read more... ) -
Tax Appeal Time
Your Government in Action..Today I went before the Douglas County Board of Tax equalization to appeal a tax increase on my new home. I bought the house in 9/29/2009 for 64K and the bank had also assessed it at 65K ( Read more... )
