Liz B. Baker

On Tuesday, May 24 at 7:05 pm ET, the Richmond Flying Squirrels will present their best promotion yet: A Tribute to Bacon.   Maximize the baconess of the evening with this bacon 411: Add bacon to any concession item for  $1 . To funnel cake? Done. To your soda? Done.  All bacon fans in attendance will receive bacon coupons. Bacon during the game. Bacon after the game.  Last name Bacon? You're in luck: discount! There will be  "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" contests. The suspense has my bacon in a wad. The first pitch will be thrown by Kevin Bacon (a local detective, not the actor). Buy one/get one ticket for every  KRAFT Singles  package wrapper(s) you bring to the game! Deux guests for 1/2 the bacon.  And last but not least: Bacon Fireworks! Someone needs to infuse fireworks with bacon grease. Or pack the pyrotechnics with bacon pieces that scatter and rain down on the hungry, bacon-frenzied crowd. But for this 2011 tribute, ...

I caught a rare glimpse of a tweet about a meteor shower coming up this week. Ooo. Surprise meteor shower! So I Googled Eta Aquarids and found  Meteor Showers Online . Perfect! Here's what I learned: The meteors are from dust released by Halley's Comet . Neat! Famous comet dust. Count me interested. "The point from where the Eta Aquarid meteors appear to radiate is located within the constellation Aquarius. Sadly, this location is a bit of a detriment to observers, because this area of this sky only rises an hour or so before morning twilight begins." What?! Like 4-5:30 a.m.?! Is it worth the effort? "...observers in the Northern Hemisphere are likely to see about 10 meteors every hour, while Southern Hemisphere observers will see about 30 per hour." The Southern Hemisphere gets all the luck. But l et's say I'm still willing to get up at that insane time of the morning. Where would I look for the  best viewing? "The Eta Aquarids gen...