Astronomy – Steve Pollock

A Handy Dandy Guide to the Known Universe

This interactive map of the universe is extremely helpful in understanding our (very, very small) position in space.

This « interactive map » of the universe is extremely helpful in understanding our (very, very small) position in space. | [Photo by Denis Degioanni on Unsplash]

Latest Movies Watched:

28-Jul-19 | An American Tragedy (1931). TCM | Josef von Sternberg (d) Phillips Holmes (a).
27-Jul-19 | Thieves’ Highway (1959). TCM | Jules Dassin (d) Richard Conte (a).
14-Jul-19 | Desk Set (1957). | TCM | Walter Lang (d) Katharine Hepburn (a).
14-Jul-19 |Hot Millions (1968). TCM. | Eric Till (d) Peter Ustinov (a).
7-Jul-19 | Die Brucke (1959). DVD. | Bernhard Wicke (d) Michael Hinz (a).
2-Jul-19 | Ich war Neunzehn (1968). DVD. | Konrad Wolf (d) Jaecki Schwarz (a).
19-May-19 | Steel Magnolias (1989). Cinema. | Herbert Ross (d) Julia Roberts (a).
5-Apr-19 | Conquest (1937). TCM. | Clarence Brown (d) Greta Garbo (a).
27-Jan-19 | The Wizard of Oz (1939). Big Screen Classics, Opry Mills. | Victor Fleming (d) Judy Garland (a).

Photo of i-75 north out of Atlanta. | 2009.

I-75 north out of Atlanta at night. | 2009.

Steve in front of Big Ben, London. | 14-Apr-00.

“Arbeit Macht Frei” gate at Auschwitz I, the main camp. | 18-April-00.

Fall Colors along I-24, southern Tennessee near Monteagle. | 2009.

Photo of the Pride Flag waving over the Castro District. San Francisco | 2003.

Pride Flag waves over the Castro District. San Francisco | 2003.

Photo of a Gondola Loading Area and the Hotel Cavalletto Doge e Orsolo. Venice. 21-Apr-00.

Gondola Loading Area below the Hotel Cavalletto Doge e Orseolo. Venice. 21-Apr-00.

Unloading Platform at Auschwitz II/Birkenau. Oswiecim, Poland. 18-Apr-00.

Marquee of the Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor. | 2006.

Steve and Frank atop Independence Pass, Colorado. | Nov-01.

Marietta, GA, rail line, site of the 1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. | 2009.

Photo of the Quadriga atop the Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, Germany. | 17-Apr-00.

Quadriga atop Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, Germany. | 17-Apr-00.

Photo of Notre Dame de Paris, France. | 8-Apr-00.

Springtime at Notre Dame de Paris, France. | 8-Apr-00.

Seattle’s Pike Place Market marquee. | 2008.

Springtime at the Tower of London. | 15-Apr-00.

Reichstag Building, Berlin, Germany. | 16-Apr-00.

State Theater, Ann Arbor, MI. | 2006.

July 19: He’s igniting all kinds of fireworks … in the pants of other guys coast to coast! He’s Mr. July, firecracker hot, having fun, and in need of a suntan.

June 19: In celebration of all things Stonewall (50 years on) and Judy Garland, here’s some eye candy that has nothing to do with rainbows or Over the Rainbows and high heel fights and who threw that first brick? Here’s adorable, very gay, very lucious Mr. June! | ECotM—June 2019

May 19: This is our hot dish for May 2019: Fuzzy boy with everything in all the right places.

April 19: Sleeping Beauty, about to be awakened to the glory of spring. | ECotM—March 2019.

March 19: He’s staring up at the giant orb in the sky. He hasn’t seen the sun around here in ages, so he’s surprised. I’m about to surprise him myself. Woof. | ECotM—March 2019.