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…
…and I feel fine! Actually, I seem to have caught the delightful virus that’s been making the rounds here in southeast Virginia. On week 2 of the darn thing and I am ready to be done with it. But back to the matter at hand……
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…
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,…
You know…every time he desperately needs to get away in the Falcon, the darn hyperdrive fails. Well, as I was anticipating writing a long, lustrous update this week…circumstances conspired against me again. There’s been major flooding here in our part of the world…including right here…
But more importantly…did you see it? Wow, the transit of Venus was amazing! Weather locally here at the museum almost killed us…but just at the eleventh hour, the clouds parted a bit, and we got a decent view of the Sun. We had 5 telescopes…
Well, actually, when you get right down to it…we’re the ones attacking Mars. Even as I write, the latest in a long series of robotic explorers is on its way to the Red Planet. The Mars Science Laboratory, with its already-famous rover, Curiosity, launched toward…
Hey everyone! So I am already excited for this Saturday’s Star Party and Laser Light Night here at the Virginia Living Museum. It’s going to be awesome, for two reasons. Number one is that we’ll be enjoying a Titanic theme! This Saturday, April 14, 2012,…
Holy cow, if you haven’t been outside lately, get out there tonight. It’s amazing. I should have updated yesterday, but circumstances beyond my control kept me away from my computer most of the day. But no matter, one day late doesn’t really make a big…
Happy New Year everyone! Once again, I shall ride the current bandwagon, and this post will feature a list of things coming in 2012 that, if at all possible, you should not miss. Mark these five dates on your calendar now! March 3, 2012: The…