I got this link off of Spike's page: See Mars a Mere 186 Light-Seconds Away So Mars is usually 21 minutes of communication time away, but on August 27th it will only be 3 minutes away!!! Holy Fucking Shit! How in the hell does a planet get that close to us so suddenly. How long has it been sneaking up on us? How come this is the first time I've heard of this? I bet that it was hoping to catch us unawares on the way to the bathroom, give a swirly, and steal our lunch money. Fucking Mars, coming to kick our ass, coming to rip us a new fault line huh? Well, we'll fuckin' show Mars that Earth is no pansy; that it just can't come up, bully us around, and influence our Tides! It's time to deploy the defense missiles! In a month children will start learning that My Very Educated Jackrabbit Served Us Nine Pizzas. It's time for us to band together and kick Mars' Tectonic Plates!! No, but seriously, I'm going to watch this. It may be the only time that I'll be able to point out Mars in my entire life. Remember when we were kids and grown-ups told you to look for the star that wasn't twinkling, because the non-twinkling stars are planets. Well, when you wear glasses, everything in the fucking sky twinkles. The Moon! Even the fucking Moon twinkles when you wear glasses! So I'm going to watch this, and maybe I'll be able to pick it out.