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Monday, August 27. 2007

Total Eclipse tonite

Don't miss it. It begins in the early morning here in the East, so it will be too late to see the full effect. I'll be up at 5 to watch, and to milk the cows. 
Posted by Bird Dog at 22:19 | Comments (11) | Trackbacks (0)

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I heard from a semi-reliable source that Mars will be, just after midnight, at its closest to Earth for the next oodles of years.
#1 buddy larsen on 2007-08-27 22:47 (Reply)
OK, lets see if I can stay awake until 2:52AM PDT. This from a man who, while he rises at 5:30, needs toothpicks to prop his eyes open after 11.
#2 Skookumchuk (Link) on 2007-08-27 23:21 (Reply)
Only 34.65 million miles away, hey hey. Won't be this close again until 2287.
#3 buddy larsen on 2007-08-27 23:36 (Reply)
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that wakes up early with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in Iowa now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their eyelids tight whiles any speaks
That watched with us upon this eclispe night.
#4 Habu on 2007-08-28 00:09 (Reply)
"eclispe" (noun) what Mr. Renee saw in the sky.
#5 buddy larsen on 2007-08-28 00:13 (Reply)
CAIR files lawsuit against use of term "pigskin" in football

The San Fransisco CAIR office filed a federal lawsuit seeking an injunction against the use of the word "pigskin" in American football. The suit was filed with in the 9th Circuit Court jurisdiction.
Ali Hassan, spokesman for CAIR said it was "against sharia law" for Muslims to hear the word pigskin. The suit will only involve those airwaves governed by the Communications Act of 1947 which defines the "airwaves" as belonging to the people.
The NFL and NCAA had no immediate comment.

http://www.pigskinaddiction.com/
#6 Habu on 2007-08-28 00:21 (Reply)
oh well. who needs football anyway. but maybe they'll let us play if we use a goat head instead.
#6.1 buddy larsen on 2007-08-28 00:24 (Reply)
The whole damn thing just isn't kosher.
#7 Habu on 2007-08-28 00:40 (Reply)
Greetings from another Maggie who missed the eclipse due to cloud cover, in Central New York. Do you really have a Maggie there?
#8 Maggie (Link) on 2007-08-28 09:01 (Reply)
That was the most complete lunar eclipse I've ever seen. At 4:20 AM MDT the moon was gone, just gone. Maybe ten minutes later a bit of brilliant red marked its return, slowly widening to an arc as the moon moved out of the earth's shadow. Definitely worth seeing.
#9 Anonymous on 2007-08-28 14:13 (Reply)
Damn--bet that was a sight. Cloud cover got me, too, durnit.
#10 buddy larsen on 2007-08-28 15:59 (Reply)

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