An English Poet

I'm no boddy!Who are you?
Are you noboddy too?
Then there's a pair of us?Dont
Tell!
They'd advertise,you know!

How dreary to be some boddy!
How public--like a frog-
To tell one's name the livelong June
To an admiring bog!

Beautiful Jupiter

South is toward the top in this frame from a stunning movie featuring Jupiter and moons recorded last Thursday from the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. In fact, three jovian moons and two red spots are ultimately seen in the full video as they glide around the solar system's ruling gas giant. In the early frame above, Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, is off the lower right limb of the planet, while intriguing Europa is visible against Jupiter's cloud tops, also near the lower right. Jupiter's new red spot junior is just above the broad white band in the planet's southern (upper) hemisphere. In later frames, as planet and moons rotate (right to left), red spot junior moves behind Jupiter's left edge while the Great Red Spot itself comes into view from the right. Also finally erupting into view at the right, is Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io.

A Joke

A real-estate appraiser, I visited a young homeowner who had a terrible cold and could barely speak. Still, she managed to show me around her house. First we looked at the upstairs; then she offered to show me the lower level."That's where my parrots live," she said."Really?" I asked."I've never had one myself, but they are beautiful little creatures. A friend once had one, but somehow it escaped and flew away."The woman gave me a strange look as she ushered me down the staircase. Then she introduced me to her parents.