I can't believe it.

[gridlore]

I caught Jordin Kare in a scientific error.

Jordin is the ubergeek. He wears shirts that "As a matter of fact, I am a rocket scientist." He is currently designing interstellar drives for NASA. His garage is monitored by the MIBs.

He's also a very good filker. I was listening to one of his songs, about lunar mining, when I caught a line about miners "waiting for Earth rise." Sorry, wrong.

The Moon is tidal-locked to the Earth. The Earth hangs motionless in the sky. If you are on the near side, you can always see it. If on the far side, you never see it. The only way to observe an Earthrise is to be in lunar orbit.

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[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Damn it John! Now I've got the tune in my head and I'm going to have to write the silly thing!

So, is BayCon a GO or NOGO?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not very optimistic about BayCon right now. Assuming that this Sinai thing happens, I'll be at Ft. Carson over Memorial Day weekend. If we're not training that weekend, I should be able to make it out to San Jose. At this point, I'm calling it a 20% chance. I'll try to get more info this week, and I'll keep y'all posted.

John Groth
AuricTech Shipyards

Ya know...

[kshandra]

...I've still got a spare invite code or two if you wanted your own journal....

(I'm such a pusher.)