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I got all the bday wishes from everyone. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND SORRY I MISSED MY OWN PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To all the natal days of others that I missed, I hope your day was fanastic, wonderful and full of starry skies! Work has been insane. Summer vacations had me bouncing all over the my metro area filling in for people on vacation, calling out sick and just plain old not showing up. I had some time off in there somewhere myself?I think.AND?we just finished up with a merger. Things are still a little tense in that arena as we are all unsure exactly what the next year is going to bring us. I have been taking care of myself though. Eyes are doing good and my GP says I am pretty fit. Just need to bring the cholesterol down a smidge. And I do mean smidge. I?ve seen Yazoo, James, Great Big Sea and Back Door Slam in concert. I?ve seen the BSO perform a tribute to The Grateful Dead. (http://www.bsomusic.org/main.taf?p=5,9,1,1&prid=20080801_1&type=event&season=0708 ). That was an amazing thing let me tell you. And if things go right, I will helping out with making a documentary on the music scene in my area. I?ve seen friends young (39) and old (72) and in between pass on from this world. While I?ve come to grips with their going, I miss them greatly. We still don?t why Boz went, so coming to terms with losing him has been hard. He was one of my crew mates when I did Fire/Rescue. He is family. *sniff* But, all in all, I am still in one piece. I will still be scarce on here until work settles down. But when I can, I?ll lurk and catch up on the 40 or 50 pages of posts that I am behind. I have not forgot any of you and think of you all often. On that note, I will leave you with some goodies: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080726.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080807.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080809.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080817.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080830.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080903.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080905.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080906.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080915.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080916.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080920.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080929.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081002.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081004.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081006.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081026.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081027.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081030.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081101.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081102.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081106.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081107.html http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/index.cfm Enoy all!!!

Why do free-floating objects adrift in liquid or air tend to organize their mass into a sphere or orb or circle? I love it when the universe explodes its furious yesses in one big O, lights up and utters "so, was it good for you?"

you are going to have to cut and paste that BSO link to get to the right page. Sorry about that folks. :-]

It's good to hear from you Braidy. Thanks for the pics

I must not have gotten that far. Great pics as ususal. Glad to see you back again, Braidy! james

whaow, fascinating pics, thanks Braidy. my favourite will remain:Massive Stars in Open Cluster Pismis 24. Good to have news of you

Hey Braidy, it's been a while. Happy you're finally there!

Hi Braidy - good to see you and thanks for the update. Hope charm city is treating you well.

Welcome Home Braidy!!! It's great to hear from you and see that you're okay! Sit back, relax and stay awhile, won't you?! Kind regards, Pat Parker :-] :-]

Oh Braidy, btw, if you think of living the planet, don't worry I already did, I'm completely elsewhere! And it's very good there, where I am. If you need to, there is place here!

Hello Braidy, wonderful pictures ,as always, Thank you so much!, you made me dream awaken.

Most wonderfull collection! I have added some to mine, since many things can not be painted, nor even be imagined. . . Again, many thanks for all this, it made me spend quite some time watching them, and always will. May you get, what you are really looking for, Braidy!

Hi Braidy, its always a pleasure to catch one of your threads, as there are always beautiful images to keep us occupied with. Thank you very much. They are ALL fantastic, but my three favourites have to be the ridges on Mars, the unfurling solar prominence, and the spectre in the Eastern Vale (what stunning colours). Thanks again. :-]

The important thing isn't leaving the planet, the important thing is coming back. Love the Nasa photos.