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News: Exceptional clear skies last night in mid-Michigan enhance beauty of Moon/Venus grouping -- http://www.space.com/spacewatch/planet_alignment_020513.html Comment: Very, very nice. Cool contrast between the crescent Moon and nearby Venus. From my front yard I used binoculars to also spot Comet Ikeya-Zhang (http://www.space.com/spacewatch/ikeya_zhang_020426.html). About halfway up in the northeast in Hercules. Little fuzzy oblong, no tail seen. Ordinarily, light pollution would wipe out most objects in that part of the sky. But the atmosphere last night seemed really transparent, i.e. free of dust and humidity. News: Washington Post hates Star Wars (http://makeashorterlink.com/?M62B21FD) but USA Today likes it (http://makeashorterlink.com/?D23B12FD) Comment: Can these guys be writing about the same movie? It seems like the last two Star Wars movies have produced more love-it or hate-it opinions than any other movies I can remember. Maybe it depends on the cultural baggage you bring to the show: if you don't care about Star Wars, and just look at the movie like you would any other movie, it leaves you cold. But if you are a Star Wars fanatic, this new movie is like getting a fresh bottle of liquid nutrition for your IV drip. Who cares what's in it? It's nutrition and it will keep you going until the next bottle (er, movie) comes along in three years. News: Study in UK says housework does not provide any exercise benefits -- http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992278 Comment: Woo hoo! Another excuse to ignore housework! This article says the problem is that housework -- sweeping, doing dishes, laundry, etc -- does not provide aerobic benefits (like brisk walking) or exercise our muscles very much. Click here to see current comments and add your own. 11:03:21 AM 
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