In Australia, it's now the "silly season", as in the lead-up to Christmas with lots of frivolity and parties. "Silly season" seems to originate in the UK referring to a time in the summer when there's not much news going on. In Australia, with summer starting on...

I apologize for being a week late with this week's episode! Mom and Andrea were visiting for a couple weeks and we had such a fabulous time! They returned home on Tuesday and I've been back in the deep end at work. The good news is - I actually didn't work for the 2...

So I had no idea about the big comet event last week until my friend Ray emailed last weekend to ask if we could see it Down Under. I looked it up and it was going to be reasonably visible for a couple days and we have a good view to the western sky from our house, so...