Eclipse
SoCal is fortunate enough to experience an 80%+ solar eclipse right now. Michele, the boys, the tiny tyrant and I made pinhole cameras out of cardboard and foil and staked out the backyard for the whole thing.
My neighbors - on both sides - were visible, inside their homes, watching tv.
I do not understand people. :( I'm really not being snarky, smug, or superior. It's not like it's my eclipse. I don't think I'm better than those who ignored it. I just can't understand them, and I feel that lack as a personal character flaw, marring an otherwise awesome experience.
Great eclipse, though. Great.
My neighbors - on both sides - were visible, inside their homes, watching tv.
I do not understand people. :( I'm really not being snarky, smug, or superior. It's not like it's my eclipse. I don't think I'm better than those who ignored it. I just can't understand them, and I feel that lack as a personal character flaw, marring an otherwise awesome experience.
Great eclipse, though. Great.
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Anyhow, it was mid morning on a Wednesday, and we'd been given a half-hour break from work to stand out in the car park and see this thing. Of course, this being England, it was overcast and so we couldn't see anything. The only thing that happened is it got strangely dark for a few minutes -- like when a big storm goes over, but much moreso -- and the birds all stopped singing.
But hey, we got half an hour off work!
(It's still listed as the most viewed solar eclipse in human history, even if we couldn't actually see it from here)