Right! Time To Get Cracking!

An Early Blog Catches The Term
     "Term" in this case being - I make no apologies for repeating this theme - Doctor Who.  It's the 50th anniversary, for those who have only just emerged from living in an underwater isolation tank prepping for the Mars mission.

No!

Conrad is unsure what time the programmes commence but feels pretttty certain that it will be during his usual blogging time.  So I'm blogging now rather than later.  How ironic, having to deal with time-critical issues in a blog about -

Comets!  Spectacle! Enormous Explosions!
     As regular readers are aware, Conrad is especially fond of big bangs.  Shoemaker-Levy 9 sized bangs, if possible -

Comet SL 9 lighting up Jupiter

Sadly, bangs of this size aren't practical on Earth, as it would destroy all life on the planet, and a fair bit of the planet to boot.  So, it is with interest that I read of Comet Ison (from the noble BBC):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25052236

Conrad has his fingers crossed for Option One, readers.  Keep watching the skies!*

Before The Tape Measure -
   There were these.  Two six-foot folding wooden rulers.

I realise it may not set your pulse a-pounding in your veins, but they come in jolly handy for wargamers.  Although <ahem> from the pictorial evidence above my ECW game has obviously not commenced.  Soon, Victoria, soon ...

We're still on your case, Conrad ...

* Yes, it is a film quote.  I may tell you which one tomorrow.