This new hobby of mine is really exciting. I actually read the whole manual for my telescope. Twice. Went out and purchased a level and a compass. Read half of “The Backyard Astronomer” as well as many online astronomy forums. I actually know where Betelguese is now, and can...
Here is how I spent some of my day off today. Having a huge skating rink in the back yard is great. Amazingly, I didn’t spend the rest of my day off in the emergency room.
Oh yeah, the curse of Dr. Pepper continues. Here are a few recent examples: Coming home from Afghanistan took nearly thirty hours. We were supposed to leave Bagram at 7 PM on Friday, we didn’t end up leaving until 7 AM. Our two to four hour layover actually took six. Dr. Peppered...
For the first time in almost a month, I actually have a few days off. A few weeks ago I bought myself an early Christmas present, a Meade EXT 125 telescope (with the UTCH Coating!) and tonight would be my first opportunity to try it out. Well, I took my brand new fancy-pants telescope...
Here is a link to Mick Foley’s Afghanistan blog. Mick is one of the WWE Superstars that went to Afghanistan for the 2005 “Tribute to the Troops”. Evidently Mick doesn’t have to work NBA games, and has time to work on his blog (or if you read the whole thing, which...