Gravity, Juggling, Fireworks, And “Cosmos”

Too much “Cosmos” tonight (the show is fantastic, can’t be “too much” of it!) to leave time for many other things. Tonight’s tale of Newton, Halley, and gravity was excellent. Catch it online or on one of the other cable networks it’s shown on if you missed it.

I’m juggling more other tasks than I have in quite some time, and while juggling a schedule doesn’t require gravity as much as juggling chain saws, the consequences of dropping things can be just as disastrous. So that’s sucking a fair amount of time out of my weekend.

Then there’s the raccoons who are again on the roof, dancing on the skylight, freaking out the cat. Anything that freaks out the cat is a good thing, but if they smash that skylight and come crashing and bleeding into the living room (due to our old friend gravity) I’ll use up my month’s allotment of adrenaline in about three seconds.

So while I deal with all of that, here are some more pictures of fireworks, which are some of the more spectacular and beautiful displays of gravity on an everyday scale.