Starship Asterisk*

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091113.html

OK; I see the connection!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo_(comics)

Orin

orin stepanek wrote:OK; I see the connection!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo_(comics)

Well... "Okefenokee" is almost "Ophiuchi" (oh'-fee-yu-kee)
(both are swamps teaming with Artificial life)

... and "Pogo" is almost "Pluto"

• ------------------------------------------
  Red Green : [reciting *Possum Lodge secret chant* ]
  . "Quando omni flunkus moritati."
  . [When all else fails, play dead]
  
  "I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess."
  
  Red Green : Welcome to Possum Creek.
  Where men are men... and Harold here is my nephew.
  ------------------------------------------

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091113.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060714.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070903.html

• Rho Ophiuchi Cloud: Gallery Explorer movie

Ah .. a fellow Paddler, such pleasant companionship at APOD.

neufer wrote:

• ------------------------------------------
  Red Green : [reciting *Possum Lodge secret chant* ]
  . "Quando omni flunkus moritati."
  . [When all else fails, play dead]
  
  "I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess."
  
  Red Green : Welcome to Possum Creek.
  Where men are men... and Harold here is my nephew.
  ------------------------------------------

Another Canadian rises to the fore at APOD. Up here in Canada we're thinking of changing our national flag colours to red and green instead of the current red and white.

Sputnick.

apodman wrote:Sputnick.

Two things I could say to that ...

• Ya' think
  
  • - or -
  Well, duh

But I won't

I had a great night's sleep and awoke in a world of bliss where I forgot the existence of the beeping irritant. The post above was the expression of my disappointment when I was rudely divested of my illusion. Sorry for getting so emotional. Apparently every great institution needs a comic villain.