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I am going to try to do this half-fast because I have to get some shut-eye before work. I promised I would blog today and I try to be honest whenever it is convenient for me so, here I blog. I am excited that this is my Thursday because that means only tonight and tomorrow and then my weekend. I would have blogged earlier today but I had to get the newest load of Dirty Laundry Podcast up so you can listen; it is ready for you now.

It is Jackie Robinson Day today so I am trying to wear #42 all day long. So far I have been 100% unsuccessful. I have thought about Jackie a lot today though. He was truly an amazing man. I always thought it was funny that he played himself in The Jackie Robinson Story. Talk about type-casting. No wonder he never did any other movies. How do you top the perfect role for yourself?

Last night was pretty cool (pun partially intended). I was worried with all of the snow we got (yes, we got snow last night) that there would be too much cloud-cover. The moon was visible all night long for the total lunar eclipse. I got to see every phase of it. I was unimpressed at first as it just looked like clouds passing in front of it but, when it turned bright orange, it was awesome. I was happy to be up all night for a change. I spoke to a couple of people who were at the observatory (doesn't everybody have an observatory at their work?) and asked what those tow bright lights near the moon were. I knew at least one had to be a planet. I was correct, one was Mars and the other was a star called Skilla (I have no idea if that is spelled correctly). I took some photos with my phone but they were terrible. I wished I had taken my camera to work with me.

I am getting sleepy and stuffed-up. I am gonna cut this one real short. I will blog tomorrow unencumbered. Editing the podcast each week is kind of a time-suck. I won't have to do that again for at least a week. Have a great Jackie Robinson Night. Thanks for stopping by for a quickie. TTTT...MITM (out) zzzzzzzz