By the way - an asteroid nearly slammed into us Monday

Am I the only one bothered by the fact that an asteroid just missed us a few days ago and no one's talking about it? Apparently it came within 38,000 miles, or slightly more than the distance away our satellites are from the earth. I can't imagine how long our satellite tv would be out if this thing hit.

38,000 miles might sound like a lot, but I drive more than that in a year. Which reminds me I'm overdue for an oil change. Thankfully some guy in Australia saw it through his telescope last week. Evidently our professional astronomers were too busy on Facebook to notice the huge rock screaming in the sky. These guys would have been great iceberg lookouts on the Titanic.

"Asteroid '2009 DD45' passed by and won't show its face again for another century" - says the same professionals that never saw it coming. I only ask that if you can't warn us about asteroids, at least come up with better names for them. '2009 DD45'? Even George Lucas thinks that's a bad name.

Planet Earth is safe, for now. You may go back to using your telescope for spying on the neighbors. Just keep Bruce Willis on speed dial.