More later, if I survive. I asked the dentist if I'd live. He said I would, but told me to come back for another cleaning in six months, which I took to be an ominous sign. Spare a thought this morning for fellow Daynoter Bob Walder , whose father is hospitalized. Barbara's and my thoughts are with Bob and Lynne during what we know is a difficult time for them.
Every meeting includes a presentation, and last night's presentation took place in the planetarium.
Sitting in a planetarium always takes me back to the magic I experienced in the early 1960's as an elementary school student when I first visited the Buhl Planetarium in Pittsburgh. The SciWorks planetarium does fine relative to other similar facilities, but I can't believe the place isn't packed with school kids every day and with adults on evenings and weekends. What a resource to leave so lightly used. It makes me wonder where our next generation of scientists will come from. Thanks to the reader who sent me the link to Redheads are Neanderthals .