PERSEID METEOR SHOWER LIVEBLOGGED!

10:31 P.M. EDT. There's one! No, behind you! Damn, you missed it.

10:45. Wow, look at that one! And it's blinking! Oh shit. It's an airplane. Never mind.

10:51. My neck hurts.

10:57.I don't know why they call it a "shower." If this were a real shower you'd get clean by about 3476 A.D.

11:07. Why did you bring those stupid binoculars? If a real meteor comes you'll never have time to use them.

11:31. Hey, these binoculars are pretty good for planets and shit. Look, you can see Jupiter. Right over that woman's house.

11:32. Hey, you can see into her house, too!

11:33. Shut up for a minute. I'm trying to focus here.

TOMORROW: Transit of Callisto.