Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy

Sunday night I watched “I Am Legend” [9/10] and really enjoyed it. Many people I talked to said it wasn’t good, but I stayed away from the previews (I only knew one plot turn) and it was all good, even with an intermission to get photos of the International Space Station and space shuttle Discovery as they zoomed over Regina. Find out when they fly over your city/town/farm.

-ISS is the faint dash in the centre. The white dot near it is a hot [dead] pixel on my 6 year old Canon PowerShot S30

-Discovery followed a minute behind, it’s the fainter dash to the left of centre.

A man walking down the street saw my friend Jesse and I standing in the middle of the Central Park baseball infield, and Jesse told him we were about to see the space station. The estimated time was a little off, but it showed up before I looked like a fool for dragging Jesse and a stranger into an open space to sky-watch. A couple walked past as the ISS was zooming out of sight, and saw it too. Then the woman noticed the shuttle overhead. They sounded in awe that it was almost 400km away (close to 340km right now). It was farther away than Saskatoon, yet it was visible as if it was a plane, and it’s only the size of a mansion.

And Canada is on Mars now. See the wordmark on Phoenix here.
And Canadian..bagels..in..spaaaaacccce! Watch for Canadian Pigs In Spaaacccce next. Canadian bacon probably, as the Americans would call it.

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And I ended up holding on in the top 10 political blogs in Canada with some rather well known bloggers. Yay PageRank 5! Seeing as I’d have to have about 10 times the significance to attain PR 6, It will be next to impossible to crack the top 3 with Kate, Matt Good, and Steyn. Plus, Robert J. has taken the step of adjusting the position of blogs who have inflated positions due to PageRank anomalies.

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John Murney has another detail of the outcome from the Saskatchewan Liberal Association’s grassroots rebuilding. The party members there graciously let me attend and say a few things about what’s keeping people away from party membership. I think many people of my generation don’t see any advantages to being a party member (of any party) and in fact see serious drawbacks from participating in the political process. Long workshops (that get started late), could even be a significant downside, even if they are a necessary part of party life.

Check it out if you’re in a lucky part of the country. The ESA’s Jules Verne is first, then the ISS and Shuttle.

TRIPLE FLYBY ALERT: Space shuttle Endeavour has undocked from the International Space Station and the two spaceships are now orbiting Earth in tandem. This sets the stage for a series of rare *triple* flybys, which many sky watchers will be able to observe on Tuesday, March 25th. It’s a triple because three spacecraft are involved. First to appear is the European Space Agency’s Jules Verne cargo carrier flying 2000 kilometers ahead of the ISS-Endeavour combo. Jules Verne is about as bright as a 1st magnitude star. Four minutes later, and even brighter, the space shuttle and space station follow Jules Verne across the starry sky–a spectacular sight!