That’s right 40 year of Awesome.  This Sunday, September 13th, 2009 is the 40th anniversary of Scooby-doo.  I don’t want to hear any haters out there saying the show sucks, that’s how motherfuckers get shot!  The show is full of teh w1n for  at least 2 reasons:

1. Daphne is the HAWTNESS

2. It has provided children with a healthy dose of skepticism, and the idea that things are not always as they appear.  Not everything should be taken at face value and we need to use our brains and keen senses of observation to determine what is true and what is falsehood.

So please join me on Sunday (in spirit if not in person) and get down on watching some Scooby, preferably with Scooby Snax!!!

Earth, Moon and Mars to scale

It’s that time of the year again.  Every year during some point in the summer, a ridiculous e-mail begins it’s circulation.  This email goes to great lengths to show how during X month this summer, Mars will appear in the sky larger than the Moon.  This is completely fallacious, it impossible for Mars to appear bigger than the Moon from Earth.  Yes, Mars is bigger than the Moon, but it is also  ~55 million km away at its closest point.  So no matter how you cut it, from this distance Mars looks small.  Some of you will inevitably hear about this, be sure to tell the person who sent it to you…NO!  You’re Wrong!!!

For more info check out the Bad Astronomy Blog

Thanks to Bluedharma for the image