Moonrise.org

July 20, 1969 was a day of destiny. On that day, the human race moved just a little farther in its evolution. Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin took that famous "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" and humans stood on the moon for the first time.

Today's rotating quotes:

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
-- Winston Churchill

"Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood."
-- Marie Curie

"To escape criticism - do nothing, say nothing, be nothing."
-- Elbert Hubbard

What's New? (Most recent)

November 10, 2005: Some more updates to the Astronomy page.
April 02, 2005: RIP Pope John Paul II, 1920-2005
February 28, 2005: I have updated my Astronomy page a bit.
November 01, 2004: Well, I see that i have been neglecting updates again. But at least, my GenCon 2004 report is now available.
November 24, 2003: My GenCon 2003 report is finally done! Huzzah!
November 08, 2003: I discovered Gamebooks.org, and so did some cleanup on my Lone Wolf page.

See the rest...

Upcoming events:

Today is Sunday, May 11, 2008
This is Day 132 of the year

34 days until Flag Day (2008/06/14)
54 days until Independance Day (2008/07/04)
70 days until First Moon Landing Day (2008/07/20)
86 days until Neil Armstrong's birthday (2008/08/05)
165 days until "Weird Al" Yankovic's birthday (2008/10/23)

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Note: The picture of Buzz Aldrin on the moon, and of the full moon itself, above are from the NASA Kennedy Space Center archives.