Nothing quite captures the spirit of amateur astronomy like shouting at the sky when the Earth's shadow rudely blocks your view of the Moon. The newspaper headline "OLD MAN YELLS AT CLOUD" perfectly encapsulates what we all become during lunar eclipses—frustrated skygazers shaking our fists at cosmic phenomena we fully understand but still find inconvenient. Sure, I spent $2,000 on telescope equipment, but tonight I'll be channeling Grandpa Simpson, cursing at the Earth's shadow like it personally offended my research grant.