I still get a kick out of living on this side of the date line. By my calculations Charley and Sins are now 1/2 hour into the new year. While I slept away the wee hours of the day you were all attending to business, moving through the day I had just finished. Call me naive but I love it and it always surprises me.

Last night the crew got to talking about the green flash. For those who don't know about it this is a phenomenon that occurs just at sunset. Just as the sun disappears below the horizon there will be a brief, very vivid, green flash in the sky. According to the crew this takes place when you have a clear flat horizon, with no clouds obscuring the horizon. They've each been here over 30 years and each has only seen little more than a dozen of them. I have been looking forward to seeing it since I got here with no luck yet. According to these guys it can also happen at sunrise. It has been reported in Kansas and one Maine person has reported seeing it at sunrise. So, Charley and Sinsull, get up before the sun and get out there to check it out.