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February 28th, 2005 Weekend Astronomy Fun - The local astronomy shop, Starizona, has a shindig on Saturday. They brought out their scopes, invited amateurs to do the same, and much fun was had by all. They even brought in the equivalent of astronomy celebrities: David Levy and John Dobson. David Levy is the Levy in "Shoemaker-Levy 9", the comet that hit Jupiter in the 90s. John Dobson created a new mount for the Newtonian telescope in the 70s. Instead of mounting it to track the stars by moving along just one axis, he sat the telescope in a cradle. You couldn't take astrophotos with it, but that wasn't his objective. He wanted to make a telescope you could bring out to the sidewalk and set up just to look through. It's a wonderful idea, and it took off in popularity. Anyway, he was there, signing stuff. He and David Levy both signed Jennifer's telescope - astronomers do that, instead of signing photos. There was also a local author there, Ken Graun. We had a picture taken.
Jen, Me, David Levy, Ken Graun, and John Dobson. I apologize for the crappy photo - we desperately need a better digital camera. There was also a guy there with a ten inch refractor. That may sound small to the uninitiated, but it certainly isn't. Typically price increases much faster than telescope size, so a 10 inch scope is going to cost a lot more than a 5 inch scope, which costs a lot more than a 2.4 inch scope. It gave beautiful images of Saturn and its moons, and I'd love to mount one in my own personal observatory. Right after I cash that lottery check. VoxBlogging - Hugh Hewitt had up another Vox Blogoli over the weekend. I entered with this piece. Read, comment, enjoy. Guns - This being Oscar month (which I cared not a whit for) TMC had on Oscar-winning movies all month. Patton was on Saturday and Casablanca Sunday, which made for fun audio while we painted the wall in our dining area. Since I mentioned Casablanca last week, I'll discuss Patton today. George S. Patton, Jr., was one of the most aggressive generals we've ever had. He carried as his preferred sidearms two pistols - a Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum (T) and a Colt Single Action Army Revolver, .45 LC (B).
Both had the ivory (not pearl) grips with his initials carved into them. Both had their own holsters, but only the Colt was frequently carried. The Smith was less used, though it certainly had more power. The General had other pistols, mostly of smaller caliber in automatic actions. These were the two he carried when he wanted to build the image of a swaggering, hold the enemy by the nose & kick his @$$ type guy. |
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