Watch The Skies

Mysterious lights spotted over Mexico. Hmm, looks like some devotees of the movie Signs are having a little fun with the Mexican Air Force. Pictures or video of UFOs pop up seemingly every few months, but they never prove anything conclusive. It’s either taken at night or the image is blurry or there’s a tree in the way or–you get the idea. You never see any pictures of a spacecraft hovering over Times Square during the lunch hour, and until that happens I’ll remain a skeptic. Sure, it’s theoretically possible that aliens are surreptitiously cruising around the globe, teasing the occasional amateur photographer and molesting the occasional cow, but the universe must offer much more interesting sights than our little backwater planet.
Here’s a good activity for a rainy afternoon. All of this year’s Hugo nominees (except the novels) are on-line for your reading pleasure. I haven’t perused any of them yet, but I plan to this weekend.