Well Shit!

I've been thinking July stuff all month. I brain farted the Apollo 11 anniversary by a month even knowing it is on July 20. No one even laughed at me. Sniff. Now, here's Buzz

Making of Buzz Aldrin's Rocket Experience w/ Snoop Dogg and Talib Kweli from Buzz Aldrin

Father's Day; It's Summer!

Up and out for a walk at about 5:30 this morning and the moon was just a sliver. Forty years ago yesterday I was glued to a barely working very old, even then, black and white television set at 1736 Bunker Hill in Irving, Texas watching as Apollo 11 landed on the Moon. It seems almost like just yesterday to me. Since then, I became a father. That's lots better. I miss the long talks and help from my dad. When I was a year old he was 36 times as old as I was. That gave him a head start at being a pretty dang good dad. I'm still trying to catch up. But today was a great Father's day from my kids and ex to me. So, I don't care if anyone lands on the Moon again. I've got something better.

Hodgman Treks Obama

Early 4th of July?

I've been fascinated by the revolt in Iran and how people are using twitter and technology to organize their actions and stay connected. It has surprised and bamboozled their old politicos.

Today over a million people marched and protested and demanded a new election. They are showing Americans what we should have done in 1999.

Meanwhile, Hannity, Limbaugh and the usual Republican yappers are all hot for Obama to throw down the gauntlet with Iran. Don’t bother them with the fact that an aggressive US stance would HURT the chances for reform there – for them, acting tough is an end in itself.

It is so very great to now have a President that knows what "soft power" means and is intelligent enough to carry it out. Today, the protesters in Iran are saying, "Ahmadinejad is the Bush of Iran. And Mousavi is the Obama of Iran."

Those fireworks you hear are Republican heads exploding!

In The Spirit...

I've gone into hundreds of [fortune-teller's parlors], and have been told thousands of things, but nobody ever told me I was a policewoman getting ready to arrest her.
- New York City detective

Living in a galaxy is just plain cool.

Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo.

Ken Miller; brilliant scientist trapped in the mind of a creationist

PZ Myers shreds him and the stupidity of accommodationism.