My farmers market farmer did a video time lapse of his chickens. They got a little confused, looked like they wanted to roost, but it went by so fast they didn't really.
Anya, the Shopkeepers of America called. They wanted me to tell you that 'please go' just got replaced with 'have a nice day.'
Xander ,'Selfless'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - Aug 21, 2017 10:23:35 am PDT #15696 of 30002
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Steph L. - Aug 21, 2017 10:25:46 am PDT #15697 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
We reached 92% totality, and it was basically just like an overcast day -- not remotely dark or even twilight-y. It seems 8% sunlight is a lot of sunlight. But it was noticeably cooler at the eclipse's peak.
Kate P. - Aug 21, 2017 10:27:05 am PDT #15698 of 30002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Whoa, that was cool. Totality was quite dark all of a sudden, and the sun looked like a huge black rock burning in the sky. Lots of screaming and hat-tossing and general merriment among the kids I was with. I was amazed at how it got dark little by little, and then a lot all at once. I didn't get to see the thing I remember most vividly from the 2002 eclipse in Botswana (still one of the most incredible experiences of my life): the shadow of the moon racing down the long straight road toward us at superspeed. But this was still, you know, pretty damn cool, and so much fun to see it with my kid.
...Now I kind of want to plan a trip to catch one of the next ones. There's one coming up in Australia and New Zealand sometime in the next decade!
Calli - Aug 21, 2017 10:30:16 am PDT #15699 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
In July 2019 it looks like there will be a solar eclipse viewable from Argentina and Chile. [link]
Liese S. - Aug 21, 2017 10:31:49 am PDT #15700 of 30002
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, we were watching for the shadow but missed it, too!
But still, that bit at totality is surreal.
Dana - Aug 21, 2017 10:43:56 am PDT #15701 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Apparently Trump looked directly at the sun during the eclipse. Because of course he did.
Steph L. - Aug 21, 2017 10:45:12 am PDT #15702 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Apparently Trump looked directly at the sun during the eclipse. Because of course he did.
You can't make this shit up.
Dana - Aug 21, 2017 10:47:58 am PDT #15703 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
It's so predictable that I bet at least one person predicted it.
sarameg - Aug 21, 2017 11:21:20 am PDT #15704 of 30002
The storm that thwarted my partial eclipse is refusing to leave & will probably thwart my swim, too.
msbelle - Aug 21, 2017 11:28:40 am PDT #15705 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Y'all I almost posted about us in a discussion of not us people about Whedonesque shutting down. WTH self!