tonight was an interesting night. i walked to the little corner store and besides buying a new beenie (i had lost the one i bought in London), i also saw the brightest star i had ever seen. it was west of the moon (isn't that a diana krall song?). anyway, it was interesting enough to call matt and have him take a look but he was driving at the time so couldn't see it. i hope he got a chance to see it before it went under the horizon. well, maybe it's not gone yet because of the buildings around me. it may be covered by those buildings. anyway, it was interesting to a semi-amateur astronomer.