About our planet

Here are a couple of links about the movement of our earth. Don't forgetwe are in constant motion.
www.iris.edu/seismon/
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/ this is a live cam
www.noaa.gov for what I think is the best Doppler Radar updates up to 15 minutes before viewing.

Send a thank you note this Holiday Season

Send your thanks here www.anyservicemember.org

Remember our troops over in the conflict this Holiday Season. One of my old buddies is there. God speed to all of the men and women of our Armed Forces.  

Couple of Astronomy Links

www.casonline.org

www.2020telescopes.com

These are friends of mine. Please clicky on above links. I belong to casonline (Calumet Astronomical Society) and where I bought all my equipment 20/20 Telescopes in Lansing,IL .

Lunar Eclipse 10/27/04

See matching post about the Moon.

Lunar Eclipse 10/27/04

2 shots of the Moon the darker one is at Totality. The lighter one is before the eclipse started. Taken through 2 different scopes @ 20/20 Telescopes in Lansing,IL I am a member of Calumet Astronomical Society.

Venus Transit

The transit of Venus across the face of the Sun. Taken 6-8-04 @ The Adler Planetarium in Chicago. Taken with a Fuji FinePix 3800 handheld to my Celestron C-6N with a TeleVue Nagler Type 6 13mm eyepiece and Orion 6" glass solar filter.

Fire Sale

Ha ha ha the city does have a price. I knew Mayor Daley had a price! Clicky here.
www.thegreatchicagofiresale.org

California Day Dreamin'

Where Snoo Snoo Ka Choo and G.B. wished they were right now.

Sleepy Chubby

My Buddy Tiger a.k.a. Chubby.

Ahhhh!

Well finally finished Lunner. That's what I call it here. We don't seem to have a traditional hour in our house. It's after lunch and not quite dinner. Nothing like peace and quiet for eating then the hectic cleaning so my Mom can rest and eat her food. My Mom almost wasn't here this year. She got a liver transplant a couple of months ago. She was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. I'm thankful for having here with me this holiday season. Tryptophan is now starting to kick in and now I have to go to my girlfriend's parent's house. They live out in the country.

First Post

This is my first post on many things that I see and do on a daily basis from my skewed little corner of the world. I'll try to provide some of the knowledge that I have gained over the short 3 decades on this little tasty morsel in a large bowl of cosmic soup.