Monday, January 09, 2006

The Sky At Night

This is a great site and I thought I'd pass it along. Using this site you can set the time and date for anytime all the way back to 1600 AND location, which is quite cool. I saw the night sky for the day and time I was married as well as for the birth of my children. Very cool!

http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/skychart/article_1220_1.asp#

Saturday, January 07, 2006

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

September 19 is coming right up so start preparing for International Talk Like A Pirate Day. This is a semi-real holiday with Dave Barry as the spokesman. I am not making this up.

The best way to begin preparing for this most serious of holidays is to choose a pirate name. Everyone needs a pirate name, its just the thing. So, here's mine. Its from a name generator on the ITLAPD website. Check it out:




My pirate name is:


Iron Jenny Rackham



A pirate's life isn't easy; it takes a tough person. That's okay with you, though, since you a tough person. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from fidius.org.