Dark Side Of The Moon

And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too
I'll see you on the Dark Side Of The Moon
                            -- Brain Damage by Pink Floyd

My wife and I drove up to New Paltz, NY this morning to check out some shops and galleries, have some lunch and take in the view of distant Mohonk. We got back just in time to haul out my Meade ETX telescope and watch a beautiful lunar eclipse. I even hooked up my 35mm Pentax to the scope for the first time and played around with some exposures using Tri-X black and white film. I haven't done any astrophotography since college so I tried a variety of shutter speeds. We'll see how the pix turn out. If they're good enough, you'll see some of them here. If they're not here, well, they're not good enough. The next big interstellar event (solar flares notwithstanding) will be the Leonid meteor shower on November 19th.

And if the clouds bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the Dark Side Of The Moon

File under Space, The Final Frontier.

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Let Him Wait

Johnson's getting anxious and I've decided to let him wait over the weekend until Mr. Hyman contacts him (you need time to dispose of the bodies after all):

MY DEAR FRIEND,HOW ARE YOU TODAY,HOPE YOU ALRIGHT NOW?THANKS BE TO GOD.

I FELT I SHOULD REMIND YOU THAT WE ARE DELAYING THIS TRANSACTION FOR NOW,BECAUSE THE PAYMENT OF THE CHARGES IS TAKING SOME TIME NOW AND IT SEEM AS IF WE ARE NOT SERIOUS BEFORE THE BANK,SO I AM PLEADING THAT YOU SHOULD INTESIFY ALL EFFORTS TO PAY THE CHARGES SOONEST,THEN FORWARD THE INFORMATION TO THE BANK,SO AS TO AVOID MUCH DELAYS,TRY AND UNDERSTAND.

REMAIN BLESSED.

JOHNSON

And here's a quote for you to ponder as this lovely weekend unfolds:

If Al Gore invented the Internet, I invented spell check.    --Dan Quayle, former Vice President

Don't forget to watch the lunar eclipse!

File under Nigerian Email Buddies.

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