On August 21 North America will fall under a penumbra total eclipse, the first in 99 years. I'm talking freak-out-the-Mayans, lights fucking out. Western Kentucky will be under a complete day-for-night for 2 minutes and 40 seconds, the best spot to be. The penumbra is 65 miles wide and travels from Oregon to South Carolina, but most of the continent will see it. Get yourselves some welding shield glass, folks. The next one is in 2024, going right over my city. Don't miss these.
Ok, good to know. Sometimes I see the "permanent threads" show up as having been updated. I used to see it that way and think, oh, I wonder if the boobie or booty thread got updated. But, then, it was a cruel trick. "Gardening" again. Damn. So, now I know to just ignore that page.
I clicked the preview line that had "Tib me..." thread and thought it was the TiBer thread. To my surprise it was some beautiful boobies and I thought she had drunkenly posted in the wrong thread until I scrolled up to the full title.
I requested off for the day. I don't know if I'll be able to get the day off, but I WILL be outside during lunch to watch it.
http://www.solareclipsetimer.com/ My friend is an astronomer, and he recommended this app. It's featured on Smarter Every Day (an amazing YouTube channel), and is a talking app built by a guy who is absolutely obsessed with eclipses (and travels around the world to view and photograph them). Here's the SED video:
Give it time, let the bible mongers catch up with their math and you'll hear it. I think the bible thumpers are still a little butt hurt about the six day war not turning out the way they hoped
Yeah the peak of the eclipse is close enough Ill probably make th drive to see it in full. I was in the 3rd grade the last time we had a decent solar eclipse round these parts. We were at lunch and the school refused to let us go out on recess since they didn't want us staring at it. Some kid's dad brought a welding mask in and their whole class got to go look while we sat at the lunch tables. I was so fucking jealous.
Well, I got a hospital visit tomorow! My wife is going into early labor I think (our first son was a pre-me by a month, and she's 6 weeks out now). I know the signs, and she has the signs, so I'm taking her. I'm hoping for them saying "you wasted money go home" but I'm not optimistic. I'm on pins and needles. It'd be even less stress if we didn't have to pay, as part of our $1500/month insurance, for others to get fucking hand outs. You know what we'd spend that extra money on? Our child we can afford.