My god, it’s full of stars!

Greetings.

Image illustrating a great circle via Wikipedia; Zemata would not serve up a picture of stars

Jewish date:  5 Shevaṭ 5770 (Parashath Bo’).

Today’s quasi-holidays:  Basketball Day.

Worthy cause of the day:  “Take Action: General Mills Palm Oil Causes Rainforest Destruction”.

Today’s news and commentary:

• “Smart Phones, Dumb People”
  
• “Mystery Object Behaves Both Like a Comet and Asteroid”
  
• “Sowing their seeds: Neolithic farmers spawned most European males”

Today’s weird thing is Wheel of Stars.  This is a sort of musical clock which simulates the sky, and every time a star crosses a specific great circle, a tone is sounded.  You may find this mysterious, eerie, or annoying.  Enjoy and share the weirdness.

Aaron