Hey, it was dark in NYC and there *wasn't* an astronomy picture of the day -- just a picture of NY with the lights out. Check it out at: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
As to impressive contributions, may I note that I am busy *learning* how to be a better hostess through a lovely online course on Adobe Acrobat <a href="http://graphicssoft.about.com/library/course/bllps5out.htm>found here,</a> which I would commend to you if I thought it was even possible for you. But, as they say, those who can, do, those who can't, carp.