I took this photo (actually five photos stitched together) from Del Cerro Park, one of the highest points on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Southern California. The panorama sweeps from the Southeast (San Pedro Hill is the high point on the left) across the horizon where Catalina Island can be seen below the clouds in the distance. The sweep continues to the West-Southwest toward Santa Barbara Island which can only be seen on an exceptionally clear day. Somewhere near the center, you can see Damsel taking photos of Portuguese Bend. Click on the image for a larger version.
Lunar Transit of the Sun
Although there will be an eclipse of the Moon later today, there was a solar eclipse, of sorts, last week — from the vantage point of one of the recently-launched STEREO spacecraft, that is. Astronomy Picture of the Day featured this video of a lunar transit of the Sun taken by the cameras on board STEREO B, one of two STEREO spacecraft en route to their observation stations. The angular subtense of the Moon in this video is about a quarter of the size as would be seen from Earth.
Video courtesy NASA & APOD.
Freedom Red
The pure red color of this “Freedom Rose” is just so beautiful. I got a dozen of these last weekend and have enjoyed them every day since.

Regarding Islamotards
Update 3: The jihadi website is down – if we had anything to do with that, then we’re proud.
Update 2: We may have a block solution. I would appreciate feedback if it doesn’t work for you. Or, even if it does 🙂 .
Update: Big Dog has a post about the Jihadi Professor who is showing our graphic.
We realize (as we have for a couple of months) that our Never Forget tribute has been posted on a jihad-promoting website. We are able to partially block it from that website, but some requests still get through. We’re working on another implementation of the blocker but can’t say for sure that it will work, nor can we forecast when, or if, the fix will be available.
Disclaimer: The appearance of our Never Forget banner on a website does not indicate that we endorse the opinions expressed on that website.
As far as some retarded Islamic weirdo posting a pro-America tribute that honors 9/11 victims and first-responders while implicating those responsible for the attacks, well, we might see it as a small point of truth embedded in a swamp of Islamic bulls**t.
We appreciate the eMails and feedback from concerned readers. Thank you all.
Sign the Stop Gore Petition
UPDATE: (moved to top) More signatures still needed — it only takes you 20 seconds to sign the petition.
Sign the Patriot Petition — Stop Albert Gore — Reject the United Nations’ Global Warming Treaty! Go to PATRIOT PETITIONS to sign. One hundred thousand signatures are needed, so do it now and let others know about it.
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Lighthouse
Last weekend, as a diversion to running errands and shopping, we took a quick drive to the Interpretive Center next to the Point Vicente Lighthouse on the Southwest side of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. As we passed the lighthouse, I snapped this picture through the open car window. Catalina Island can be seen across the channel.

Upgrading from Blogspot
Imagine having your own domain name for your weblog — you know, like yourname.com or yourorganization.org or yourpetproject.us — think of how much cooler that would be than yourblog.blogspot.com. But wait — there’s more — you also get custom eMail addresses such as nickname@yourblog.com or family@yourblog.com or friend@yourblog.com and so on. Setting up and managing your own weblog domain may be less expensive and easier than you think.