Maybe they [the French people] don't make sense all the time, but they can make a good wine. Maybe the two are connected? ;)
When talking about the constellations in class, particularly how it is so hard to make _anything_ out of the bunch of random stars that are supposed to represent some kind of figure, animal, or object, I point out that many of the constellations we have trace their origins back to people who lived thousands of years ago in the regions around the Mediterranean Sea, which incidentally is an area where for thousands of years grapes have been grown and turned into wine . . .
-- Ronn! :)
Ronn Blankenship Instructor of Astronomy/Planetary Science University of Montevallo Montevallo, AL
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