Headline of the day

[cactuswatcher]

From my newspaper's web home page.

Total Lunar Eclipse Expected Saturday.

Expected? If none occurs that would be real news. Maybe the paper doesn't trust those rascally scientists? What's the point of "expected" except for fill verbiage? Why do you need fill on a web page that changes every few hours?

Comments

[angeyja.livejournal.com]

(nod) I'll go google. The moons have been early here, which works. (I don't stay up late.)

Dad was into astronomy. He still is. We never watched anywhere close to the city. I've even got darkout shades on my windows. :)