Mom

Mom just called to tell me that an asteroid will be hitting the earth in 2036.

Say No to Asteroids

There is a big anti-asteroid editorial in the New York Times today. There really is! It is full of sentences like "A decade or so ahead of an expected impact, we would need to ram a hunk of copper or lead into an asteroid in order to slightly change its velocity." The guy also keeps hinting that we will all be wiped out by an asteroid if we don't do what he says.

Clarification

Hey, when I said that "two asteroids nearly destroyed life on the planet as we know it," what I really meant was "the objects did not threaten Earth, and could only be seen as tiny specks of light using moderately sized amateur telescopes." That's what CNN wants you to think, anyway!

McNeil Watches the Skies

Thank goodness two asteroids nearly destroyed life on the planet as we know it so I could have something to "blog" about. And thanks to McNeil for the tip! As always, he is watching the skies, McNeil they call him, our one protector against the deadly power of asteroids.