Son and I went out and saw it off and on during foots game! Was pretty neat how it kept getting smaller and smaller! Wasn't as clear in NJ probably cause of lots of cloud cover!
Astronomy and Astrophysics was my major at U of T. It seemed like a good idea when I signed up. I was fascinated with all those pretty stars and moons and planets. Various spacy phenomena.
I was hoping it would mainly be about sitting outside and smoking joints and pointing out the constellations and contemplating the vastness of things.
I took Astronomy as an elective. It was supposed to be an introductory class for non-scientists. Tests involved some math and charting stuff, which was already way beyond my skill level. Had to plead with the instructor and defend my position as a math boob. It went roughly like:
Me - The last time I did math was in high school.
Him - Well, there is math in astronomy.
Me - I don't think you get it. I spent the last two years of my life reading Milan Kundera novels.
Him - *shakes head in disgust* Fine, I won't grade the math stuff on your test.