The titular phrase of this post references a saying by Prince Otto von Bismarck, Germany’s fabled Iron Chancellor. It’s also a wonderful song in the musical “Evita.” It’s also something I wish our Congress would get around to remembering. Politics, at its best, should be…
Greetings, astronomy fans! Ah, the summer star party. Sounds like a contradiction, doesn’t it? Actually, we’re really excited about our summer star parties. We’ll have time in the early part of the evening to view the Sun, which is pretty awesome right about now. We’re…
Okay, perhaps not as eloquent or well known as the similar saying about doors…but more relevant to the sky right about now. I do hope you’ve had the chance to look at Jupiter during this Winter/Spring season. For some time now, Jupiter has been the…
Greetings astronomy fans! Well, it’s here! The first of the two comets touted to put on great shows in our skies this year. Comet PanSTARRS has arrived! Yep. It’s here. Okay, sorry if I sound a little bummed. But I’d give my right arm to…
Well, hello. It’s been an eventful time in the astronomy business, thanks to a chunk of rock that decided to scare the living daylights out of a whole lot of people living in Siberia. Amazingly, they seem to like air-bursting asteroids…once again, just like in…
Happy New Year everyone! I hope your 2013 has gotten off to a great start. For many of you, that may mean making some New Year’s Resolutions. I’ve never been much for them myself…I often find my enthusiasm for them wanes rapidly after the New…
Come on in, don’t be shy, meet a guy, pull up a chair! Okay, you know it’s been a tough day when I break into show tunes. Seriously, good things are happening around here at the Virginia Living Museum. It’s getting kind of exciting. First…
Happy Day Before Thanksgiving! I’m in a food mood, folks. I’m looking forward to Thanksgiving this year. Maybe because I don’t have to do all the cooking myself this time! Or maybe because the Mythbusters took on some classic food myths – including that turkey…
Hooray! The election is over! Okay, sorry, I couldn’t help myself. Whether your favored candidate won or lost, I think we can all agree it’s been a long and rough election season. I confess I am happy to be done with political ads, phone calls,…
I came to the shocking realization the other day that I’ve been writing this blog for over a year now. It certainly hasn’t seemed that long to me. One of the things I was hoping would happen as I began this blog hasn’t really materialized…
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