Tuesday!
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It's also so we can find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. Members come here to check in. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
We have split up the publishing duties, but we welcome everyone in IAN to do daily diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news!
Ok, we have a current diary schedule. If you would like to fill in, either post in thread or send FloridaSNMom a Kosmail with the date. If you need someone to fill in, ditto. FSNMom is here on and off through the day usually from around 9:30 or 10 am eastern to around 11 pm eastern.
Monday: BadKitties
Tuesday: bigjacbigjacbigjac
Wednesday: Caedy
Thursday: weck
Friday: FloridaSNMOM
Saturday:broths
Sunday: loggersbrat
If you'd like to be part of the Itzl Alert Network, please leave a comment asking to join, or send us a message asking to join. We'd love to have you. The bigger our network, the less likely someone will be stranded all alone.
Well,
here we are again,
another bigjac Tuesday.
Sky and Telescope
Comet ISON (C/2012 S1), discovered last year as a tiny, distant speck, has raised a lot of hopes among skywatchers. It's on track to swing very close around the Sun — missing it by less than one solar diameter! — on November 28, 2013, and emerge into dawn view, possibly with a long tail, in early December. See the November and December issues of Sky & Telescope for much more. But how visible will it actually become?
Old Farmer's Almanac
Very near Mars and Regulus is Comet ISON, but the comet is currently too faint to be seen with the unaided eye. Why mention it at all? Because Comet ISON may become a spectacular bright comet later in the year.
It may be spectacular,
or it may be a dud.
I read this diary to my loving bride,
Tonia,
and she said,
that's so boring.
She wants to ask if any of you
have heard of
The Wobble Dance.
Anyone?
Eager to catch sight of a comet?
Eager to do the Wobble dance?
Hope you're doing well,
but even if not,
tell us about it.
We're here to listen.