WeeManDan

Title says it all really, Chris is back from his 3/4 month tour of Africa arriving home to sunny Heathrow!
I’m quite looking forward to him being back although nowhere near as much as his girlfriend and Mum are, no surprise there!
It’s a little odd, until I went down to Portsmouth we got on but I [...]

Wouldn’t it be fun to be around for this, open your window and see celestial fireworks?
Slight downside though:
A giant cloud of hydrogen gas is racing towards a collision with the Milky Way, astronomers have announced.
Smith’s Cloud, as it is known, may set off spectacular fireworks when it smacks into our galaxy in 20-40 million years.
Oh [...]

Following on from Toni’s post I thought I’d take the test as well:

What’s Your Political Philosophy?

You scored as New Democrat New Democrats emphasize fiscal conservatism, and have a strong preference for the free market. They believe in small-scale programs that provide targetted help to those in need, while working with the business community.

New Democrat

85%

Old School [...]

This made me giggle over lunch:
The moon, currently dubbed Frank by the scientists who discovered it, has yet to be officially named. This decision will be taken by the International Astronomical Union.
Full story over at the BBC, but to summarise scientists have found another moon of Saturn, it’s 60th in fact! So far it has [...]

Was just about to go to bed but had a quick news read first and the Pope is in Brazil.
Interestingly/Amusingly he feels his biggest problem is not the potential for debate on abortion (it’s currently a no no except in extreme circumstances) but the number of Catholics becoming Evangelicals.
Pope Benedict is sure of a warm [...]