I had no luck trying to see the comet, but the crescent moon is pretty. As are the clouds that are probably in the way of my comet viewing. So it goes.
We have to see the chimp playing hockey! That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this!
Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Mar 13, 2013 5:56:44 pm PDT #14746 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Cass - Mar 13, 2013 6:05:48 pm PDT #14747 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
The moon is gorgeous. I don't even see clouds messing with my view but I also don't see a comet. Stars are pretty gorgeous too. And there's a whole different set of them out the front door. I usually look from the backyard because it seems more private and less likely to have other people in it. Because there is a fence.
I wish I could see the comet though. I like things hurtling through space.
tommyrot - Mar 13, 2013 6:06:59 pm PDT #14748 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
There was a guy who couldn't see the comet but took a picture of the moon anyway. But the comet did show up fine in the picture. He thought his camera picked up infrared light from the comet.
Burrell - Mar 13, 2013 6:11:01 pm PDT #14749 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
No comet but I did see the space station the other morning.
-t - Mar 13, 2013 6:12:13 pm PDT #14750 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Very cool!
Beverly - Mar 13, 2013 6:14:22 pm PDT #14751 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Gloomy skies means we see lots of clouds. I miss Hale-Bopp, actually. That was impressive, and apparent for long enough to view between nights of inclement weather.
Steph L. - Mar 13, 2013 6:20:54 pm PDT #14752 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
In all the talk about papal autonomenclature and Suzi being the pope, let's not forget that tomorrow is Pi Day!
This post brought to you by my Pi Day Pi Pies.
Connie Neil - Mar 13, 2013 6:51:15 pm PDT #14753 of 30001
brillig
I was in Pasadena when Hale-Bopp went by, and I got the local news coverage of the Heaven's Gate deaths. Though I always did enjoy going out on the balcony and looking at that big smear of light in the sky.
Zenkitty - Mar 13, 2013 7:01:32 pm PDT #14754 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Holy Jesuit Pope, Batman.
§ ita § - Mar 13, 2013 7:17:21 pm PDT #14755 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But if you're smelling the same thing you're looking at, how is that not "smell is highly memory-linked"? I mean, imagining any smell at any time is standard, right? We all do that from time to time? So when it's clearly linked to the stimulus, isn't that really sharp memory? When I read 1984, I can smell almonds, but that's because I binged on almond cookies the first time I read it, so they're paired in my mind. Is that synaesthesia too?
I thought it was the olfactory version of seeing something in your minds eye, or getting earwormed with "Islands In The Stream" when you see a picture of Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers together.