Since I got into hands-on astronomy, i.e., going outside with a scope and making a conscious effort to look at things faint and far, I am finding myself going to considerable lengths to introduce the uninitiated to the rewards of this persuit.
I'm wondering if this is normal or am I becoming too obsessed. So please, tell me: Are you an astro-evangelist?
Signs that you may be an astro-evangelist (all true for me):
- you try to weave astronomy into everyday conversation a bit more often than most other people find socially acceptable
- you buy binoculars as gifts for birthdays and other occasions
- you keep telling people what celestial objects they should be looking at with the binoculars you bought them
- you never buy a department store telescope as a birthday present for a kid, no matter how attractive the price and/or the pictures on the box might be
- you take tourists from Europe along with your telescope to a dark sky site to show them why Australia is the best place on Earth
- you spell Earth with a capital E.
