Journal entries in 'Random Crap I Found On The Internet' for November, 2005

I've always been a big fan of astronomy. One reason is that I love being exposed to new, novel concepts, and the universe is big enough that we are continually coming across new things we've never seen before and don't know how to explain. One such example is V838 Monocerotis, a star in our own galaxy. Three years ago, it suddenly became the brightest star in the Milky Way, and then quickly faded again. While it's certainly perplexing trying to figure out what caused its strange behavior, the part I find cool is the interesting image of the star captured by the Hubble telescope.

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When driving from Clemson to Greenville, on I-85, at one point you can see some TV station's radar tower by the side of the road, proudly emblazoned with the "SUPER DOPPLER" logo. I always liked how proud they seemed of it, so every time I drove past that, I'd raise my fist and cry, "Super Doppler!"

I don't watch TV weather much, so I wasn't aware of the contest of one-up-manship going on among TV stations. If only I had known how low my favorite radar was on the Doppler superlative scale.