Praise for the Beagle from a Customer

Carol & I received a letter (yes, that's right, a letter...the hand-written kind...in the mail!) from a mom. She was thanking us for our efforts with the First Lego League robotics team we fielded this year: The Crash Test Smarties. Anyway, in her letter she closed with this, "In pursuit of the truth in Science and Mathematics, you two are paving the way for a better and more enlightened future for our kids."

We sincerely hope that all of our customers feel this way. This makes all the hard work worth while.

==JFK==

Pure Silver, Anyone?

I'm mulling over the possibility of offering an intense workshop to teach DIY silver recovery, reclaimation and refining. I have a technique that I have used, and taught to others, that allows one to relatively easily recover and reclaim silver from coins, jewelry, silver plate, etc. and to refine it into a state of up to .999 purity. This three-nine purity is the same as what one gets when purchaining silver bullion whether in the form of 1,000-oz ingots or 1 oz. bars and rounds (coins). If there is enough interest I will set up dates that will work for everyone.
Please tell us at the Beagle if you're interested.

And, BTW, we will be offereing a limited supply of pure silver bars and rounds at the Beagle.

==JFK==

Updates All Over...

There are many, many things going on at the Beagle right now, and I thought that I'd take a minute here to lay out a few of them for you, faithful reader:

New look website: the H.M.S. Beagle website has been updated to make it easier to navigate and use. If you have questions, comments, or problems, let me know via email - I've got a second generation of improvements planned, but this framework had to go in place first.

Social Networking: we've expanded our presence on Facebook and Twitter. The Twitter updates also fold neatly back into both the main website and this blog (they're over there on the right). Follow us on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook, and keep up with all of the latest happenings at the Beagle. And make certain that you let us know if you became a fan, read the blog, or saw the main website after clicking through our advertisement on Facebook - it'll help us to keep track of how effective those adverts are!

Workshops, Workshops, Workshops: under the Events / Activities tab on the website, you'll find all of the things that we're doing, including the Events Calendar, with all sorts of useful information; updates on our Astronomy-related activities, including Star Parties, Telescope Basics Workshops, and Star-Hopping Workshops; additionally, we have Workshops in Chemistry, Electronics, Robotics, Rocks & Minerals, and Rocketry planned for the summer, take a look at those listings as well!

Fossil Digs: we're very, very excited about our upcoming Fossil Digs, including our First Trilobite Jam in Delta, Utah this July, and our usual Science Club fossil digs in June. Make sure that you plan to attend, and let us know via email if you have questions!

Special Events: right now, we're delighted to be planning a party on a Sunday, 11 April 2010 for Yuri's Night, and international celebration of manned spaceflight (sadly, I'll be out of town for this, but I'm hoping we'll get to swing by the one in San Francisco). The Beagle's Yuri's Night fun will include a showing of "October Skies", free rocket launches (bring your rocket!) in association with the Kansas City Rocketry Association (KCAR), and an evening of star-gazing with Leif! All of this fun is free for the whole family (weather permitting, of course); check out our Special Events Page for more information.

So that's what we've been doing, instead of writing blog entries... There's a great deal going on at the Beagle, and we hope that you'll stop in, sign up, and support us in continuing to provide great science-based activities in the Kansas City area!