There’s a full moon tonight. Not just any full moon, though – the biggest, brightest full moon of the year (and not just the year so far, but for the whole year). That’s because the moon’s orbit around the Earth is elliptical, and tonight its perigee (or low point – closest to the Earth) happens to coincide with the full moon. If you have a decent extension ladder and one of those telescoping roof brush thingies, you might even be able to touch it. Well, not quite, but it will be about 14% wider and almost a third brighter, so it ought to be pretty impressive (assuming it isn’t cloudy). Plus, Mars is in opposition (meaning it’s on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun), so it’ll be big and bright and red, right there to the left of the Moon. What I ought to do is get my telescope out and look at it. But it’s, like, really freakin’ cold out (about ten below at the moment), so that’s probably not gonna happen. I went out last night to knock the snow off the dish (and, no, that’s not a euphemism), and the moon looked really bright then, even though it was cloudy and snowing. And cold.
CBS has rejected an ad by the gay dating service “ManCrunch” that the company hoped to run during the Super Bowl. Even though you’ve probably seen plenty of ads for eHarmony, the ManCrunch ad doesn’t meet CBS’s “standards.” However, an ad by James Dobson’s homophobic and anti-choice group “Fuckus in the Family” starring Timmy Tebow (who NFL scouts say has been pretty unimpressive so far) and his mommy (and apparently based on a bullshit story), is just fine and dandy with CBS.
F*ckin’ liberal media.
To show my solidarity, I’m resolving to not give a shit about the Super Bowl this year, and to even go to bed before it’s over. Unless it’s a really good game. But I’ll be skipping the ads.
I just got done watching the John Oliver thing from last night. Marc got three segments, and was very funny.
This whole Danny Goldberg (who still sucks, by the way) thing on Down with Tyranny and the reaction to it has really sparked a surge in visits to Sedition Radio. Yesterday, there were 66 unique visitors (and that doesn’t count anybody who just goes directly to the audio link, which I can’t track). There’s almost always at least a few people tuned in at any given time. Pretty amazing for a show that’s been off the air since December 2005 – more than four years now. Ah, what might have been.
Oh well, time to bundle up and shovel the driveway, I guess.
Wall to wall snow coverage here on the lacal. No Today Show even. It is up to 4″ in some places :omg: .I haven’t seen snow in 6 years since I stopped traveling to Minny. They are bringing out the National Guard.Everything is closed. I fell last night before it snowed and bruised my chest. It’s a bloody mary morning.
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thanks for the moon reminder, i love those full bright moons!
not a flake of snow here, lots of yadayada about the olympic ski runs hurting in the paper.
i’m building model airplanes in the basement.
It is unbelievable, after all these years, to still see the passion over MS. Loved reading Brendan’s posts, especially. That show was magical. :fire:
Well, we were slammed by the storm. Couldn’t get home until today from northern OK. Lots of ice with snow on top. At least we have power.
pj, Thanks for the heads-up on John Oliver’s show. It was duly recorded and will be happily watched. Oh, and I saw the moon this morning – it was beautiful with all the snow.
Hope you are feeling better, Vern.
It’s about time.
This song just pooped into my head, for some reason. Hard to believe this was 35 years ago.
Where the hell have all the years gone?
Back in December 2005, I wrote:
I guess I was wrong. It did both.
Vern, feel better.
It was so nice to drive to work and listen to MS. It’s hard to believe I still miss it but, then again, I still miss Long John Nebel and Gene Shepherd.
You don’t know Dick!