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WhatTheBuck

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  1. Judge him through the lens of a narcissist whose view of his own importance, strength, ability, intelligence, and capability is utterly divorced from reality. I’m pretty sure he genuinely feels the threat of potential jail time for his (many) crimes.
  2. I think his narcissism causes him a lot of stress because most Americans constantly refuse to shower him with the love and praise and adoration and unquestioned admiration he thinks he deserves. Look at how the North Koreans (that he sees) treat Kim Jong Un. He genuinely believes that’s how Americans should see him. It drives him crazy that most of us don’t.
  3. I wonder if there’s a correlation between intelligence and the responsible practice of citing one’s sources when posting on the internet.
  4. The proximity of the moon to the earth depending on its orbit I’m sure is a factor. (Oh, already covered I see.)
  5. Whitey doesn’t like seeing black people being treated equally. They especially don’t like running into black people who are smarter than they are. They really, really, really get freaked out about the possibility of getting beat out for the affections of a white woman by a black man.
  6. Have we learned nothing? Don’t believe a word Trump says. If he gets back into office, he’ll enact a national ban to secure the loyalty of the hardline extremists he needs to keep him in power for the rest of his life. Don’t fall for his lies. It’s amazing that anyone still takes the shit he says seriously.
  7. No. He won’t. Because Trump may or may not have any kompromat over him. If he does, it’s not that Lindsey’s gay, it’s about some little boy(s) he’s diddled. But it could just be that Lindsey has a craven lust for being close to power. He’s like the cheerleader who just wants to date the captain of the football team. The starting QB. It’s about status in a world that parallels the social dynamics of high school.
  8. This. None of the pictures or videos I’ve ever seen before prepared me for the intricate detail and the magnitude of the thing. None of them here come close. The thin, shimmery radiants of the corona that reach out much farther than any of the pics capture. The crystal clarity can’t be captured by camera. And then there’s the suddenness of it. You’ve been staring through your eclipse glasses for so long while this opaque disc slowly covers up the filtered orb of the sun. It’s a subdued, filtered, monochromatic view. Sort of abstract. Time ticks by. At about 50% coverage I noticed the wind start to pick up. Then things slowly started getting darker. Then the temperature started to drop. The sun becomes a thin crescent and then finally it’s gone and there’s nothing but black in your filtered view. Then you take off the glasses and BAM! You’re back in full color and there it is in all its majesty and it’s beyond your imagination. It’s bigger and brighter and whiter and CLOSER than you were expecting. There’s deep dark sky around it with stars and planets and an eerie twilight glow all around the horizon. At my latitude it got pretty cold. It’s still early spring. I wore my hoodie. My neighbors were donning theirs. Every second was precious. There were whoops and hollers from some viewers. Mostly it was just “Wooooooow.” It was ethereal, surreal. Just astounding. Breathtaking. Awe inspiring. Not gonna lie, I shed a few tears. Just out of happiness and joy and wonder. It was so worth it. You really can’t over-hype it.
  9. That Dark Star > Sugar Mag > Caution is so badass. The Dark Star turns very Sugar Mag-ish for quite awhile before they make the segue. And the segue is really smooth. So is the segue from Sugar Mag into Caution. Phil starts playing it during the closing climax of Sunshine Daydream and Billy picks it up then off they go. That whole suite is pretty, well, sweet. Seriously, though, the jam from Dark Star into Sugar Magnolia is special. I left for home a little after totality, while the eclipse was still going on, and threw on disc 3. The Dark Star played while things were still a little shadowy and I was still buzzing over what I’d just seen (emotionally, not chemically), then by SSDD the eclipse was over and I was grooving in full sunlight. It was pretty sweet. I listened to Dark Side of the Moon yesterday to get ramped up for the event. This isn’t the Dead but it’s Dead family and it fits too.
  10. He found the exception that proves the rule, apparently.
  11. Yep, I listened to a guy on NPR a month or so ago talking about how you should do whatever you can to get in the path of totality, and as deep into it as you can get. He emphasized how precious it is and how you should try to get as much time in totality as possible. He was right. I could’ve stayed home, gone to the northernmost part of Dublin and seen 1:23 of totality. I could’ve stopped in Delaware and seen 2:35 of totality. Instead I drove on to Marion and got 3:34 of totality. Every extra second of jaw-dropping wonder was worth it. I’m so lucky that I could leave a little after noon and be back around 5:00.
  12. Home, home again. (I like to be here when I can.) Traffic was worse on the way home than it was on the way there but I took the “scenic route” on the way home. Bad idea. (It was scenic, though.) What a successful day. Congrats to everyone who got to see it. I feel very fortunate to have finally gotten to see a total solar eclipse. I doubt I’ll ever see another. Truly remarkable.
  13. Amazing. That was even cooler than I was expecting. I’m glad I made the trip. One of the most awesome things I’ve ever experienced.
  14. I made it to Marion, OH by about 1:30. Stopped at a Speedway to relieve myself. I was heading toward the fairgrounds but then I was passing by Harding High School and noticed an almost empty parking lot with these two ladies parked and sitting in their chairs. There are only a few other cars in the lot. I’m counting 9 total not including mine. It’ll probably fill up more by eclipse time but I got a good spot close to the exit for easy getaway. Eclipse glasses passed the test. I’m ready to go. Here are my neighbors:
  15. School was open? We’ve got 50 districts that have canceled school for the eclipse.
  16. Btw, this was one of the coolest pics I saw from the 2017 total eclipse, the shadow of the moon taken from the ISS.
  17. Maybe this has been covered, but if you don’t want to stand under a tree, you can make a pinhole camera of sorts. Punch a small hole in a piece of heavy stock paper or cardboard and let the sun project through that onto a sheet of paper and watch the eclipse that way. If you’re in the path of totality, you can look up when the sun is completely covered. Watching just the corona is safe and I’m betting it will be pretty fucking awesome. Just look away again as soon as the sun peaks out.
  18. I’m going to leave the photography to the professionals and just watch the eclipse. I heard someone on tv yesterday say watch your first eclipse, photograph your second one, so if you’ve been through this before then have at it. But the guy said he’s seen people so busy looking at their cameras that they miss the eclipse and then don’t even get a good photo. I am considering just turning on the video on my phone and pointing it randomly at the crowd to document their reactions while we all watch. Hopefully we’ll get clear skies. The forecast everywhere I look is partly cloudy. It’s clear right now.
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