The Sarah Connor Chronicles

So, hapflygirl, rynnweber, countzero2k7 and I went to a Renn Faire yesterday in Tennessee. It was absolutely and totally awesome. It was the first full-sized one I had been to. It was more than I would’ve ever imagined. The big plus about SciFi conventions in comparison, though, is that at least you’re inside and away from that sweltering and melanoma-izing sun. A great time was had by all, me thinks.

I think my favorite parts were the human chess game and the jousting. I definitely recommend it, to anyone who is ever in the area in the few weeks before and during Memorial Day.

Obligatory pics

UGH!!!

So, I was looking in my handy dandy starcharts, trying to find Gliese 581. I had the RA/DE coordinates, but I couldn’t find the star in Burnham’s Celestial Handbook. I found stars that were close to the coordinates, but certainly not exact. Stellarium is just frickin’ awesome. It’s a planetarium/star chart program written by *GASP* the French! Who knew they’d be able to chug out something cool and useful like this? 🙂

Anyway, I found Gliese 581. It was actually designated HP 74995, which I was able to cross-reference via Wiki. It’s in Libra, just beside the star that represents the top side of the scale.

I’d definitely vote for him.

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=an_open_letter_to_the_republican_presidential_candidates&ns=MichaelSteele&dt=05/11/2007&page=full&comments=true

The first map of an alien world.

I’m still alive! Just haven’t written in a while. hehe. Not too terribly much has gone on, though. Workin’, gamin’, it’s even warm enough to do some swimmin’ now.

A Steak & Shake has opened in Huntsville. It’s a very good place. It doesn’t rank as high on my list as Fuddruckers, but it’s still pretty dang good. It seems as though it’s the lunch time place of choice around here, because it’s been hellish every frickin’ time we’ve gone.

I finished watching the first season of Lost. Not a bad show. On to season two. It’ll be interesting to see where they go from here.

For those who might watch Jericho (and if you don’t, you should get the frickin’ boxset when it comes out)

Pretty cool. It shows the cast recording a few scenes in an episode.

So…if we leave Iraq, what happens to the Iraqi people? They’re the ones who’ve been attacked the most over there in the past 4 years. Our soldiers have been beaten up far less by IEDs and other explosives, at least from what I gauge in the media.