Now that I am the age Jesus was when

Now that I am the age Jesus was when he expired, I just don't seem to have the energy I used to. Or do I? I used to be able to stay up all night painting the house. But, I must remember. These days I wake up before dawn and do physical labor most of the day. I guess my energy level is fine.

Today I am most excited about an opportunity I don't really have. But my fellow homelanders in Idaho have it. It is the opportunity to see an asteroid eclipse a naked-eye star early Tuesday morning (between 4:30 and 5am). Actually, millions of people from Los Angeles up into Canada have the chance to see it. But come on, how many of these chances do Magic Valleyers have? Actually, that's a good question, so I'll see if I can get a good figure.

It looks like these asteroid occultations are quite frequent, but notable ones are far less common. For example, I will get a chance to see one in a few days, here in Louisiana, but it will take a telescope, and the star's brightness and the brightness of the asteroid are close in comparison. In the case of Anastasia (the asteroid's name) crossing between you Idahoans and the particular naked-eye star, the star will plumb blink out for a few (up to 8) seconds. The asteroid passing in front of Baton Rouge and a star in a few days is named Bobhope.

Getting recorded observations from many people is a good help to scientists. If you are interested you can trudge through here, or read this forecast for the particular event across the western US.

I was excited yesterday about flying squirrels. I spent some time here at howpeg when I should have been preparing the house to be painted. It's inspiring to see someone make amateur nature videos with regular household equipment. And also that so many other people get inspired by it and do it. Recording a bunch of random sightings from people all over north america just wouldn't have been logistically feasible when I was growing up, before the internet circuitry came about.

That is enough excitement for one blog. If it weren't for sherbet. Here are 10 reasons why "rainbow" sherbet is better than neapolitan ice cream:

1. it is easier to spell, but actually "rainbow" is a silly name. There are 3/7 colors represented, only one of them primary. A better name would be "citrus trio" sherbet. Because
2. lemon
3. lime
4. orange are great citrus flavors. I'd be keen to see a grapefruit mixed in there. Speaking of mixing,
5. the sherbet is mixed in a swirly random chaos, much more fun than the sometimes off balanced and plain three strata of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.
6. plant based, not animal based
7. no lipids
8. it cools you down after a day of work
9. it hearkens you back to your childhood days, and
10. it comes from the middle east, like Jesus.