Triple Conjunction

Having three planets align close together is an infrequent event from a human perspective. On Sunday night, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury or all form a tight triangle in the western sky. The best time to look will be between 30 and 60 minutes after sunset. You must have a clear view of the western horizon since the planets will be pretty low at that point.

Let Venus be your guide. It pops out of the fading twilight long before the others. As soon as you locate Venus, look in that direction using binoculars. If your binoculars are typical, all three planets will fit in the eyepiece simultaneously. As the twilight continues to fade, set the optics aside; eventually the triangle will become visible to the naked eye.

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Here's Los Lobos.

 

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It’s A Dangerous Game

Having solved all other pressing matters, the New York Legislature now takes on the hazard of wet bowling shoes.

Enjoy some totally unrelated, but very nice, music from Young The Giant.

 

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Cincinnati Bearcats Baseball

At least they have a good time. From Awful Announcing

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Completing the Tornado Trifecta.

Last in a trio of posts is this article on advance warning of tornadoes.

The technology has improved enough to give us a fair amount of time, but the weather is still unpredictable enough that each warning may not lead to a severe outcome. The result of which is the “boy cried wolf” scenario, and that only increases human losses. This creates a problem for the weather services.

Seems clear that, in the wake of yesteday's storms, for which a warning was issued 16 minutes in advance, the morale of this story is to take each tornado warning seriously. It may be inconvenient and may even seem silly, but you may only be able to laugh it off later if you heed the warning now.

Keep yourself alive….

 

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Want To Help?

Here is a directory of services that will help get your aid to victims of the tornadoes.

Not a cliche'.

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Amazing Fury

 

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RIP: Ray Manzarek

The keyboard player and founding member of The Doors has died at age 74.

Cancer claims another.

This song, among many The Doors released, would be nowhere near as good without the talents of Manzarek.

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Why Music Moves Us?

 

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Ripe For A Limmerick.

Dr. Elizabeth Unk charged with driving drunk.

 

 

 

 

 

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RIP: Dick Trickle

My all-time favorite NASCAR driver, at least in name only, has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in a North Carolina cemetery.

 

 

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