I have never been very good at astrology. I remember a lot of evenings while we were camping that I would stare out in the sky and have to ask everyone to point things out to me. Most of the time I would just say "Oh, I see that" or some other phrase to make me sound not so dumb. Sadly, the truth is even with them pointing to constellations, I still had no clue what I was looking at!

I might get a little better at looking for things in the sky after I use Sky Maps in the Google Earth Application! Google has now added all of the stars and the sky to their application so people can explore all of the galaxies and worlds outside of ours. I have a feeling I will be using this application at nights while sitting outside trying to match things between the sky above me and my computer...this will be fun!

Today's website: Google Sky

When most people think of Nascar racing, they think of a big oval that the cars go around multiple times. Sure, most of the races are on tracks like this, but over the weekend was not! Yesterday, Nascar started their engines on the Watkins Glen International track. The track is a road course, and because of its shape has a lot of unique turns that the racers have to maneuver through. These turns cause a bunch of spin outs through the race including one at the end that cost Jeff Gordon the win. On the second last lap of the race, Gordon came into the first turn too quick and saw his win vanish as he did a 360. Tony Stewart ended up taking the lead from Gordon's mistake and held onto for his win! Another exciting part of the race was when Harvick and Montoya crashed into each other. When they had their cars under control, they got out and exchanged a few words and a few pushes. I know that this is not a normal action on the track, but I found it enjoyable. It was a great racing weekend at Watkins Glen, and maybe next time Nascar is there, I will take a ride and watch it live.

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