The World Is Spinning

Occasionally, when I'm outside I'll plant my feet stable on the ground and stare up at the sky. I don't know why sometimes. Maybe because I wish I could fly. Maybe because I wish I could walk on the moon. If I concentrate hard enough, maybe, just maybe I can make everyone freeze or carry on in slow motion, so I can, for just a minute, feel the earth spinning beneath my feet.

Last week there was a meteor shower. The Quadrantids. It was FREEZING outside. So we opted not to go to the mountain where we would have an awesome view of the shooting stars, but instead opted for the warmth of a fire at a lower altitude where we only saw a few meteors here and there.

Laying out under the stars, especially shooting stars, with your friends is pretty awesome. You realize how small you are compared to the universe.

Here are the meteor showers for the rest of the year. Perhaps you could plan a camping trip, or stay in a cabin and on that night check it out.

Lyrids night of April 21/22 almost Full
Eta Aquarids May 5, morning/evening New Moon
Perseids August 12, morning Sets around 2 a.m.
Orionids October 21, morning Rises around 1 a.m.
Leonids November 17, morning Rises late evening
Geminids December 13, evening Full Moon

Did anyone know there was a Cloud Appreciation Society?
http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/

Check out these look alike clouds:
A horse, a flying man, a duckling, and an elephant.

For those not too fond of the outdoors I have found some websites that are very addicting and a lot of fun.


For the Gamer-

Bubble Struggle
http://www.bubble-shooter.org/struggle.html
Awesomely fun, addicting game with many many levels. Might seem kinda lame at first. But it's worth it. Don't let your boss/teacher catch you though. Because you'll be so addicted once you get caught you'll start having withdrawals.

For the shopaholic-
http://www.whiskeymilitia.com/
http://www.steepandcheap.com/
These are two awesome sites that have one deal at a time. Once it's gone, it's gone for good. But they are normally really sweet deals.


And for the comedian this is a pretty funny sketch by Dane Cook. I would also check out Brian Regan if you haven't already.