Today is a fine day.

Once in a while I google my name to see what comes back.

Today is the first time I’ve ever noticed being first on the list of all the David Cohens in the world, according to the wisdom of Google.

Cool.

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You loved Delaney Swings, I know. You asked for more. So, here is Andrew appearing in “Welcome to the Jungle” in his school play. He has a killer line that cracks the whole place up. He did great!

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Our friends Pat and Katie had a “wine and hay” party the other night at their new place in Denver. It was Katie’s 30th birthday.

I have no idea where they got this idea, but it was fun.

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I had a strange day today, but as life often goes - days like this are still really fun and interesting.

Figuring “what the hell?” I decided to break into some Rocky Road when I got home. Yep mom, before dinner even. And I’m not even sorry.

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Thanks to my friend Alex, I discovered these amazing Hubble photos today. I love the top photo of the aptly named Sombrero galaxy, which apparently has some 800 billion (yes, with a B) suns.

You don’t seriously think we’re alone, do you?

Yep, my name is on the moon. I admit it. I don’t actually carry the card, but I’ve been a Planetary Society member for about 10 years now.

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I just got back from a family vacation. I went with David Brown and our families rented a house on the beach in San Diego. We visited Legoland, Sea World, the Zoo, etc. San Diego is a great kid-friendly town.

Randomly, I brought along An Inconvenient Truth with me to watch. David and Kris (Brown) had seen it and told me that it motivated them to buy their Prius hybrid. Gore presents some pretty compelling stats, and it certainly gets you thinking that something fundamentally new is going on. To me the most salient point is that we’ve gone from 2 billion to 6 billion people on the planet really, really quickly. This will obviously cause more stress on the planet, no matter what your views on global warming are. I thought the movie did a good job of explaining the issue, but left something to be desired in terms of how to go and do something about it. The web site has a “take action” area that picks up where the movie left off.

While I was gone and avoiding email, my friend Ari Newman invited me to join GreenDimes. This is a cool web site that makes stopping your junk mail easy. It costs about a dime a week, and they also plant a tree each month for you. Sure, you can sign up to stop your junk mail for a buck, but I wanted to get the trees too and support this site, so I signed up. If you’d like to sign up, please accept my invitation.

Anyway, I guess I’ve gone a little greener in this last week. Maybe for my next vacation, I won’t rent a SUV.

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