Sky and Telescope - A Rare Dance of Planets. Go out and look!  3:13:22 PM    

Here's a Number That Will Reduce You to Tears (washingtonpost.com). A pollen count of 90 is considered "high." Yesterday, in DC, it was 2,587. Even I am feeling it. This morning I said to Ann that I should see a doctor as I think I am developing allergies. I'm glad to see that it's just an over-the-top pollen count and now some new failure of my immune system.  3:11:24 PM    

Cuomo's Criticism of Pataki's Role After 9/11 Sets Off Furor. Finally, someone speaking bluntly. Everyone's been using 9/11 as a way to gain some ground politically and, perhaps, Cuomo is doing that here. But he's also dead on right about this, imho.  1:26:27 PM