A trackback from another blog led me to the somewhat lamentable discovery that Performancing is holding another best blog contest… and both PZ and I are on their list.
However, I think I’ll be spared any nail-biting last-minute tie-breaking deals: the category is for Science and Technology, which means we’re up against monster sites Engadget, Ars Technica, and Gizmodo.
I think I won’t worry too much about this one. 
I love LOL Cats, and I love Trek, and I love Fark. Put ‘em together on Caturday, and you get this:
Some pix mildly NSFW. It’s Fark. Duh.
… but like the phrase goes, you really had to have been there. Literally.
The Cassini Saturn orbiter took some amazing shots of the bright star Antares passing behind Saturn’s myriad rings. I’d talk all about it, but Emily’s got the poop.
If you went to BadAstronomy.com and found yourself here, never fear: the BA Blog has moved to its new home at Discover Blogs. The original BA site (with the Moon Hoax debunking and all that) is still online, too.
Phil Plait, the creator of Bad Astronomy, is an astronomer, lecturer, and author. After ten years working on Hubble Space Telescope and six more working on astronomy education, he struck out on his own as a writer. He has written two books, dozens of magazine articles, and 12 bazillion blog articles. He is a skeptic, and fights misuses of science as well as praising the wonder of real science.
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