THE 21st CENTURY ISN’T WORKING OUT AS I HAD HOPED: “Dallas’ Perot Museum of Nature and Science has scheduled a party for the upcoming, very rare solar eclipse set to cross the country Aug. 21. One mom’s comment on the Facebook post for the event, however, drew almost as much attention as the expected phenomenon itself. Although the comment has since been deleted, the Houston Chronicle reports that one woman asked, ‘Most kids go back to school that day. Can it be done on the weekend?’”

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