Not content to vegetate on the couch all the time I’ve always struggled to find a good balance between fun and wholesome activity. While I do love video games they aren’t the most wholesome of activity and drugs are definitely out of the question (dang it!). On the flip side we’ve got stuff like hiking, exercise, and mathematics – but lets face it – those things suck.

So what’s a ruggedly handsome and surly hombre to do in between? Astronomy! It’s the science of awesome stuff. And not just boring lab coat nerd science either – it’s cool science where all the good science fiction movies come from. Astronomy is like the perfect blend of education and fun. So much mystery and intrigue to be had amongst the cosmos… there is no shortage of things that need discovering out there in the night sky.

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