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George Hrab is FAR

George Hrab’s 365 Days of Astronomy full-length video is up on YouTube!


The best part, of course, is 33 seconds in.


George Hrab and my book


Thesaurus? Fine by me!

The video was done as part of the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast, in turn as part of the International Year of Astronomy.

And, of course, it’s made of awesome, because that’s how Geo rolls.

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February 12th, 2009 2:01 PM by Phil Plait in Astronomy, Cool stuff, DeathfromtheSkies!, IYA | 25 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

25 Responses to “George Hrab is FAR”

  1. 1.   Larian LeQuella Says:
    February 12th, 2009 at 2:32 pm

    Why oh why does Uncle Sam think that YouTube needs to be blocked?

    Oh yeah, I suppose Uncle Sam would like for me to actually do some work. :P

  2. 2.   Romeo Vitelli Says:
    February 12th, 2009 at 2:42 pm

    We’ve been cheated! George Hrab promised 365 days of Astronomy and that video is only three minutes long!

  3. 3.   IVAN3MAN Says:
    February 12th, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    Larian LeQuella, because you would not get any work done! :P

  4. 4.   James Says:
    February 12th, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    Ok that was cool…

  5. 5.   Kristin C Says:
    February 12th, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    Yay, awesome! *watches again*

  6. 6.   IVAN3MAN Says:
    February 12th, 2009 at 2:47 pm

    P.S. I forgot to emphasize the word “any”!

  7. 7.   Podblack Says:
    February 12th, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    Yes. Checked your email?

  8. 8.   gr8googlymoogly Says:
    February 12th, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    That George Hrab dude rocks!!!

  9. 9.   Thanny Says:
    February 12th, 2009 at 4:28 pm

    I like the bit of scrolling text that wasn’t the lyrics, just to see if we were paying attention.

  10. 10.   DocBrad Says:
    February 12th, 2009 at 5:16 pm

    OK, I admit it… I shot beer out of my nose when Jamie Farr popped up.

  11. 11.   Unstrung Photo Says:
    February 12th, 2009 at 5:23 pm

    w00t! good stuff. an excellent Darwin day present :)

  12. 12.   Stephen James Says:
    February 12th, 2009 at 5:41 pm

    George Hrab doeth rock. See his geologic podcast. It too rocketh.

  13. 13.   John Paradox Says:
    February 12th, 2009 at 5:46 pm

    ‘Far” out….

    J/P=?

  14. 14.   James Says:
    February 12th, 2009 at 7:21 pm

    This is just as good with the sound down…the visual is great stuff.

  15. 15.   Shane Says:
    February 12th, 2009 at 9:16 pm

    Best home made, or at least low budget, music vid I’ve seen. Excellent stuff George.

  16. 16.   AstroGeek Says:
    February 12th, 2009 at 11:06 pm

    Heh…

    SEXtant or PROtractor…

  17. 17.   This stuff is FAR! « Un pequeño paso para Neil Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 12:37 am

    [...] a comment » Desde que he escuchado esta canción en el blog de Phil Plait, no logro quitármela de la cabeza. La canción es FAR interpretada por Geroge Hrab. Aquí se [...]

  18. 18.   Matt Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 5:47 am

    George rocks. Great video too.
    Very TMBG. In a good way.

  19. 19.   angel Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 7:18 am

    I liked “George Precision HARB” lol.

    Uncle Sam tries to block Youtube for me, but if I use the right proxy server, I can watch embedded videos, but can’t go to the site. So I still have the ability to not get work done, I just have to work a little harder at it.

  20. 20.   Joe Meils Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 9:19 am

    Fun video… not much real information on how far this stuff really is…

    So, he’s saying what, exactly? That it’s far away?

  21. 21.   Sili Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    Lovely hat.

    But I don’t like narrow ties.

  22. 22.   BethK Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    Go listen to the podcasts at 365daysofastronomy.org

    Each ten minute or so episode is about astronomy. One per day by a variety of people on a variety of topics. And you can hear George’s theme song that’s a 25 second version of the video chorus. Or fast forward over it if it’s the sixth podcast in a row. Stop at about 1 minute into the podcast.

    Great fun in the video.

  23. 23.   River Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 4:22 pm

    This video totally just made my day. :D

  24. 24.   William Says:
    February 13th, 2009 at 6:47 pm

    The bowler really suits him.

  25. 25.   Wendy Says:
    February 19th, 2009 at 10:31 pm

    Awesome!!! Favourited! :)

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