blister in the sun

There's a local connection to this CNN story. John Barentine . . . uh . . . frequently visits Amarillo. He's a good friend of mine. He occasionally reads this blog! He's dating my fiancée's roommate! He professionally corresponded with astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez before Gonzalez became an intelligent-design apologizing joke and allied with local boy Jay Richards whom we have ridiculed on this blog!

There are all kinds of local/PTS connections here!

A bit strained, sure, but it's still a cool story.

Congratulations, John. Enjoy your fifteen minutes.

spacedark