During the International Year of Astronomy 2009, Lee was required to type as fast as his wee little fingers could manage, reporting in "real time" (or close enough). The resulting success surprised him more than anyone, and led to several LiveBlog expeditions.

First came the Opening Ceremony LiveBlog, where it was established that people much prefer pictures to words.
 
Next was the 100 Hours of Astronomy LiveBlog, where it was discovered that sleep deprivation actually improves the quality of blog posts.
 
Then the world endured the Galilean Nights LiveBlog, where it was revealed that blanket cloud cover does nothing to dampen astronomers’ spirits.
 
And finally we had the Closing Ceremony LiveBlog, where it was realised that IYA2009 would actually *never* end.

These feature articles from the Cosmic Diary IYA2009 Cornerstone project didn't edit themselves.  

• Franck Marchis: Our Solar System through the eyes of Adaptive Optics 
• Nando Patat: Seeking the origins of thermonuclear supernovae 
• Seiichi Sakamoto: How sites for observatories are selected  
• Ana Ines Gomez De Castro: The birth of planetary systems  
• Claire Lee: From Quarks to the Cosmos; explaining the Universe through particle physics  
• Gerard van Belle: Seeing Stars  
• Alberto Krone Martins: Astrometry  
• Thomas Dall: From fusion energy to life; magnetic fields, exoplanets, and the Earth  
• Avivah Yamani: Exoplanets, the quest to find other worlds  
• Salim Ansari: Why do we study astronomy from space?  
• Gayandhi de Silva: How did our Galaxy form?  
• Nadine Neumayer: Black Holes  
• Joana Ascenso: Stellar Nurseries
• Heidi Korhonen: Sunspots and starspots, magnetic islands larger than our planet  
• Tijana Prodanovic: The Great Universal Cookout  
• Aude Alapini: Other Planets in Our Galaxy  
• David Barrado y Navascués: Why Star Formation?  
• Emanuel Mumpuni: Sol Lucet Omnibus, The Sun Shines to All  
• John Hearnshaw: Life at an Observatory  
• Saskia Hekker: The Ins and Outs of a Star  
• Yavuz Eksi: Our Evolving Universe  
• Assaf Horesh: Gravitational Lensing, Magnifying the Cosmos  
• Athena Coustenis: Looking at Titan, an Earth-like World
• Brother Guy Consolmagno: Magnificent Meteorites

These press releases are collaborative efforts but they either start or end with Lee's writing. And he's usually in the middle somewhere, too.

• The International Year of Astronomy 2009 Closing Ceremony: Save the Date
   
• The International Year of Astronomy 2009: The Largest Science Education and Public Outreach Event in History
   
• Galilean Nights: Global Astronomy Event Invites the World to Discover Our Universe
   
• International Year of Astronomy 2009 raises millions of eyes to the skies 
   
• The Galileo Teacher Training program brings astronomy into the classroom
   
• 100 Hours of Astronomy: worldwide astronomy marathon set to break records
   
• The She Is An Astronomer project seeks to break down misconceptions and gender issues in astronomy and science
   
• The Portal to the Universe opens its doors
   
• The International Year of Astronomy 2009 Opening Ceremony: Invitation to the Media
   
• The International Year of Astronomy 2009 Opening Ceremony: Save the Date
   
• Galileoscope in production: The IYA2009 telescope is now available!
   
• The Universe is yours to discover during the International Year of Astronomy 2009  [main IYA2009 press release]

A feature on the web and in print? The fun factor has just been DOUBLED.

Click to page eight, before it runs away.

Lee's script writing will bring a tear to your eye, but perhaps for the wrong reasons.

Assorted IYA 2009 activity:

• Official IYA2009 Twitter feed
  
• ESO at the IYA2009 Opening Ceremony article for The Messenger (even though Lee's name was left off the author list. Huh!)
   
• News round-ups: 9 Jan, 19 Jan, 23 Jan, 30 Jan, 6 Feb, 13 Feb, 20 Feb, 27 Feb, 6 Mar, 13 Mar, 20 Mar, 27 Mar, 3 Apr, 10 Apr, 17 Apr, 24 Apr, 1 May, 8 May, 15 May, 22 May, 29 May, 5 Jun, 12 Jun, 19 Jun, 26 Jun, 3 Jul, 10 Jul, 17 Jul (the legendary "frat-boy speak" one), 24 Jul, 31 Jul, 7 Aug, 14 Aug, 21 Aug, 28 Aug, 4 Sep, 12 Sep, 18 Sep, 25 Sep, 2 Oct, 10 Oct, 17 Oct, 23 Oct, 31 Oct, 7 Nov, 13 Nov, 20 Nov, 27 Nov.
   
• Anniversary of Galileo's observations
   
• Astronomy highlights during IYA2009 PowerPoint presentation
   
• European Science Foundation announces plans for International Year of Astronomy 2009

• IYA2009 Wikipedia Entry (which apparently needs "additional citations for verification" and has recently been ripped to pieces by an untrusting public).
   
• IYA2009 SPoCs Questionnaire Report
   
• Best newsletter everrrr

• Second best one
   
• European Planetary Science Congress, IYA2009 Session Report
   

 ...and a billion other things on astronomy2009.org. If the spelling, punctuation and grammar are correct, odds are Lee wrote it.