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hard freeze for the weekend
supposed to be in the single digits temperature wise on Saturday ... might actually rise to freezing in the afternoon
so if you haven't turned off the water to the outside spigots at your house, now would be a good time to do so
gonna be a good weekend for indoor activities ... in front of a fireplace ... with cocoa -
stars in align and snow on the way
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/01/19/dont-miss-it-5-planets-align-for-first-time-in-more-than-10-years/
DENVER (CBS4) - Something very special is happening in the predawn sky right now for all of you sky watchers ( Read more... ) -
a salute to veterans
last year I noted I find it sad our military personnel are looked upon as propaganda tools by both our own politicians and our enemies ... a year later, and it is the same old shit ... but now, it is the professed need for "boots on the ground" in Syria ( Read more... ) -
weather alert - gonna be some rain
some of the projected accumulation totals over this coming weekend are pretty attention getting ... my area isn't that bad with 2 - 3 inches ( Read more... ) -
Harvest Moon lunar eclipse on Sunday Sep 27th
from our friends at NASA :
In the days before light bulbs, farmers relied on moonlight to help them harvest their crops. Many crops ripen all at once in late summer and early autumn so farmers found themselves extremely busy at this time of year. They had to work after sundown. Moonlight became an essential part of farming, and thus, the Harvest ( Read more... ) -
sometimes it is the little pleasures
on my way home from work on Friday, I noticed a new establishment - Duck Donuts ( Read more... ) -
Mission to Pluto - latest achievement in space
a couple of stories on the mission
New Horizons: Release of Pluto images next step after probe's historic flyby
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/15/us/nasa-new-horizons-pluto-flyby/
Laurel, Maryland (CNN)The first human footprint on the moon. The landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars. NASA scientists put the significance of the New Horizons spacecraft ( Read more... ) -
Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 25 years of awesome
Friday was the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/science/25-years-later-hubble-sees-beyond-troubled-start.html?_r=1
... and it has had quite a journey
in the beginning, managers in a hurry pushed schedules and almost ruined the project :
"By the time the telescope was launched into ( Read more... )
