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I've gone webcam here. You have to turn your volume up loud. Apparently I'd have to scream at the top of my lungs for the built in micprophone to pick me up clearly. I know there must be a setting to adjust it, but I can't find it. Stupid Vista.

Moon

From Yahoo:

As the full moon rises this Wednesday evening, June 18, many people will be tricked into thinking it's unusually large

The moon illusion, as it's known, is a trick in our minds that makes the moon seem bigger when it's near the horizon. The effect is most pronounced at full moon. Many people swear it's real, suggesting that perhaps Earth's atmosphere magnifies the moon.

But it really is all in our minds. The moon is not bigger at the horizon than when overhead.

The illusion will be particularly noticeable at this "solstice moon," coming just two days before summer starts in the Northern Hemisphere. The reason, according to NASA, lies in lunar mechanics: The sun and full moon are like kids on a see-saw; when one is high, the other is low. This week's high solstice sun gives us a low, horizon-hugging moon and a strong, long-lasting version of the illusion.

If it's any consolation, space station astronauts report the same effect.

Here's how it works: Your mind believes things on the horizon are farther away than things overhead, because you are used to seeing clouds just a few miles above, but the clouds on the horizon can indeed be hundreds of miles away. So if we think something (such as the moon) is farther away, and it's not, then it seems larger.

If you remain doubtful, test the idea yourself. Go out at moonrise with a small object, perhaps a pencil eraser. Hold it at arm's length as the moon rises and compare the sizes of the moon and the eraser, then repeat the experiment an hour or two later when the moon is high in the sky. A rolled up tube of paper works well, too.

Moonrise times vary by location. On Wednesday, it will come up at these local times at these locations, according to NASA: New York City, 8:58 p.m.; Miami, 8:35 p.m.; Seattle, 9:51 p.m.

The moon rises about 50 minutes earlier Tuesday night, when the effect will also be noticeable because the moon will be nearly full. Oh, and that raises another fallacy: There's no such thing as a full moon.

It finally cleared up enough for me to see it.

This was taken with my crappy phone at about 12:30 et and does not do any justice at all to what I saw. It still looked really big. There was this strange blue aura thing surrounding it, and surrounding that was a "rainbow". Pretty darned cool.

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It is impossible to lick your elbow.

No it isn't. I can. I'm not going to try and prove it ever again. I sprained my toungue and it hurt for a week after I did it.

Supposedly from Guinness World Records:

"Elbow Licking. Contrary to popular urban legend, it is quite possible to lick your own elbow. Guinness World Records receives about five claims a day for this and we would like to stress the following point: being able to lick your own elbow is not, in any sense, a world record. If you're one of the admittedly rare few who can lick your elbow, save it for the water cooler."

What the fuck???

lol... I have one in the freezer. Not that one of course.



As seen on kevincharnas.com. It was funny so I stole it. Go read.

Lobster anyone???

As lobsters go, this one is not very appetizing — it's white, it's covered with hair, and if you ate it, it would probably taste like rotten eggs.

N.Y. Times here.

Nothing Compares

Sinead O'Connor singing Nothing Compares To You. Circa 1990. ***sigh***

No, nothing compares to him. Probably never will.

I guess someone could apply this song to many things in their life. I know I do.



It was writen by Prince and has been covered many times. He didn't start performing it himself until it became a hit.

You can read about that stuff if you care to over here. I knew most of that... and I'm not going to bother copy pasting just to add content to this dumb blog.

Hmmm. Content. Here ya go.



















My best friend is on a cruise. She saw this large iguana somewhere, I have no details. These things are all over the place apparently. She isn't getting any phone reception and we keep missing each other's calls.

I have a rather interesting picture of her by the pool on the ship, but I can't post that!! She'd kill me.

lol

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Pearls Before Swine