Meteor Shooting Star Thing-A-Ma-Jigs

This weekend will be the almost-annual Perseid meteor shower. Last year, despite the bright city lights, I managed to see about 10 meteors over a 30 minute time span. It was kinda cool. The wife thought I was being ridiculous for standing outside at 2AM. I rebutted her by saying that when it comes to matters of science, there is no such thing as ridiculous.

Her reply: "whatever".

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