Off to space...

I leave tomorrow morning for a three-day adventure with 52 4th-graders from Webster Elementary School. We're going to Astrocamp to learn more appreciation for the explanatory and predictive powers of science. I hear the highlight is a rocketry experiment using a 2-liter bottle and a cardboard tube. I'll keep you posted when I return on Friday.

One of the interesting things about the camp is that it's pretty remote...no internet, no wireless, no blogosphere... So I'm actually going old school for the next three days. Today I went to the library and checked out a book recommended by my favorite librarian. I'll review it later.

By the way...while I'm on books...I bought and read a wonderful spy thriller on my trip to Prague. I recommend it for a fun reminder of why the Cold War was so HOT.