  Today is a brighter day in many ways! For one, it’s almost Friday, which means that Cacky will be here tomorrow! Chris is off work tomorrow & Saturday. I have a feeling that he’ll be sleeping most of the day tomorrow until we go pick Cacky up from the airport.
I hear that the US Mint will be releasing an updated version of the nickel in 2006. The front will stay the same, but the backside will be one of two designs: a handshake or the Lois & Clark longboat. It’s about time the nickel got proper recognition. On the web: There will be a total eclipse of the moon on Saturday. At the peak, the moon will hang in the night sky like a dark, reddish-orange coal. The eclipse reaches totality at 8:06 p.m. Saturday night, EST.
That stage -- when the moon, Earth and sun are lined up precisely and the moon passes through the darkest part of Earth's shadow -- lasts just 24 minutes. (Courtesy of CNN.com) I just read an article about a new reality TV show titled “Can You Be A Porn Star?” with 28 women competing for $100,000 and a contract. It looks like you’ll only be able to watch the show via pay-per-view. It seems people will do anything to get on TV these days! Weird but True (courtesy New York Post): Canadian biologists puzzled by a mysterious, underwater sound think it could be herrings farting. “It sounds like a high-pitched raspberry,” said Ben Wilson of the University of British Columbia. Makes me wonder what goldfish sound like .
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