There’s going to be a total lunar eclipse tonight that will be viewable everywhere in the US.
Earth’s shadow will totally engulf the Moon from 2:41 to 3:53 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, or 11:41 p.m. to 12:53 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, as shown in the timetable below. The partial phases of the eclipse will last for a little more than an hour beforehand and afterward.
Here’s a map showing where various degrees of totality will occur across the globe:
#61 Tim
What?? You mean my great suggestion?
Harry Potter Actress Beaten, Called a Prostitute by Family for Seeing Non-Muslim
And in England it’s a hate crime to speak negatively against Muslims?
Tim Blair reports from Australia the results of his research into the apparent Gore Effect afflicting Europe in spite of the apparent absence of Mr. Gore. Read about it here:
http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/
Good night John Boy.
I agree.
I thought mharper was my friend, now I know she just wants me dead to give her more room on Hammie’s couch.
#55;
Sure it would. It wuld say (in Master Yoda’s voice), “If Offer mharper’s suggestion to Mrs. Tim , dead meat you will be. Hmmmm, hmmmm, hmmmmm, yes?”
(Nobody does a Yoda immitation better than Pat Gray.)
GJT #53;
I did actually. Thank goodness she did too. 🙂
#56 Yes, I looked at it, Tim. It’s an interesting app. Some groups are well dispersed, others clumped in the big cities. I was surprised how large the bubbles were for some groups I did not realize had so many immigrants in the US, e.g. from the Phillipines. Some categories like “All of Africa” don’t seem very useful. I’d bet… Read more »
A lady from church is producing a mini-play about John & Abigail Adams and Thomas Jefferson, and asked me to set up the audio and help with the few props. The first run-through was tonight. John was a no-show, so I offered to cold read his part. It was fun, and reminded me of my rip & read radio days.… Read more »
Did y’all play with the interactive immigration map from my #4? WB had a post a while back on the tendancies of the different groups migrating to certain areas of the U.S. I noted the people from India and the Middle East tend to be in the same areas.
mharper
Think the lady translater wouldn’t even help with that suggestion.
#53 Tim
Here’s a great suggestion. Get divorced and then get remarried on a less hectic day.
But check whether this would mess up your taxes before you do it.
Impossible to miss our anniversary, New Years Eve. Stupidest anniversary ever, everything is twice the price and booked months ahead.
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#49
Did you forget your’s? 😀
DJ #51;
🙂
LOL, Darren, my wife and I did the same thing on our FIRST anniversary! We were married on Dec 18th and were at a church Christmas Party on the same day or a day or two later (hey, the mind goes after so many years) and someone asked us what we did for our anniversary. We looked at each other… Read more »
bob #44;
I don’t know, bob. 15 years ago if your ex-wife knew exactly what you were thinking would that have helped? 😉
Texpat #42;
Too funny. I forgot my wife’s anniversary last year and the only thing that saved me is that she forgot it too. We both remembered it a couple of days after it passed. (She remembered it first.) 🙂
#45 Bones,
Yeah, I asked for it with my #41…
Texpat#42
Very cute. I like the growling caveman translation voice.
Gee–
And here I thought “pinging” somebody had something to do with WW2 Sonar.
That’s what I thought when we used it in the Army.
I am having a geekiness overload – SPMT YOURS or something.
#42 Texpat, if that technology had been around 15 years ago, I might still be married.
#41 I didn’t think you were. I just enjoy the ability to remember obscure acronyms from my former line of work, back when internet software was still maturing and hardware wasn’t a commodity. I used to have business cards that read, “Have Sniffer, will travel.” My favorite RFC is still #1149. In computer networking, IP over Avian Carriers (IPoAC) is… Read more »
It’s only $700, but is the most fundamentally important technological invention in the history of mankind.
#40 Ok, I wasn’t trying to one-up you, Bob… 😀
#36 M42, yes I’m familiar with the history of the PING command in the various IP stacks. It’s one of the original and most helpful datagrams described in the RFC for ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol.) In the protocol definition, it’s officially called an “ICMP Echo” hence the nickname and common filename for the executable code. Btw, attempts to define… Read more »
#34 TT
Yep, we got the picture — homemade sweets EVERYWHERE. 🙂
woops, the formatting got away from me. 😳
#33 B42
#32 B42 “Ping it to me (baby)” is just a new term for a helpful function. Ok, I made my usual mistake of not reading the original post carefully enough. So completely misunderstood what you were saying. Sorry for the noise. But ping NEW? Maybe you already knew this — the ping command dates back to Unix (that I know… Read more »
I note a shift in definitions. Its either the gummint or the AP Stylebook has deemed that “high powered rifles” is more menacing than “assualt rifles.” I’ve seen it being used on other contexts recently as well. WASHINGTON – The federal agency that monitors gun sales wants weapons dealers near the Mexican border to start reporting multiple sales of high-powered… Read more »
#28 Mharper A kiddo complaining there were too many pies and cookies in the house? Who’d have think it? Did I mention that the baked goods were covering every available flat surface, save the seating areas? I even put some of the containers on the floor. I really did lose it that year. Everyone at Dad’s for Christmas helped to… Read more »
#30 Hamous, I’m sorry to disappoint, but the TPD and corporatism are joined at the hip. 😉
#29 M42, I agree. IM has been a huge time saver and productivity enhancer. Especially since they got the drag and drop file transfer working (quite some time ago) and have made major improvements to the “instant conference call” feature that sets up a VoIP connection between all participants in a multi person chat window with the click of a… Read more »
Harry Reid goes gaga over Lady Gaga.
Hey, give him a break. He did it without overtly mentioning his big three litmus tests – the WoD, TPD, or teh gheyz.
#21 B42
That’s what Instant Messenger is for, so you can see who is actively online. My company uses Microsoft Office Communicator (MOC) with a traffic-signal color code for contacts from LDAP directory — who is online, busy, away, etc. Could not operate w/o it.
#20 TT
A kiddo complaining there were too many pies and cookies in the house? Who’d have think it?
#24 Texpat, that’s nice. Very nice.
#14
Good work, Bob. Wrap up a complex problem in one buzzword or slogan.
#13 TT
Ideology can completely warp one’s perception of reality. Education does not prevent this.
Dorian Electra is a pretty and very bright girl from Houston who just made a love song music video for Friedrich Hayek. Houston landscapes in the backgrounds.
I’m sure it will go viral now since Instapundit posted it today.
I’m sure Fred would approve.
Like we really need yet another goofy conspiracy theory.
Heck with talking about the economy.. we need to talk about a real issue Fox news has this story about the shift in the electoral map due to the 2010 Census. November’s elections put Republicans in control of dozens of state legislatures and governorships, just as states prepare to redraw their congressional and legislative district maps. It’s often a brutally… Read more »
I learned a new term today: “Ping it to me.” At work, an instant messaging system is vital to communicating with distant coworkers. Rather than attempt a voice call only to have it roll to voice mail, it’s a common practice to “ping” the target with an instant message to see if/when they’re available for a call. The new term… Read more »
Ah, crap, found a typo. My brain was not in sync with my fingers. Lovely’s comment should be:
“Will you PLEASE tell Mommy to stop baking? She’s over cooking EVERYTHING!”
There, now it makes more sense. And it’s more accurate.
I need a nap already.
We have not even begun to decorate for Christmas. Just having a hard time getting into the spirit this year. I remember, when the kids were young, I couldn’t wait to start playing Christmas music, and I was excited about wrapping presents and stuff. I remember 1996, I went nuts baking. Pies and cookies were everywhere, covering every available counter… Read more »
Adee, Mr. Krugman does not have mares in his stables. His stables are full of RFUs.
You know, because rainbows do not contribute to global warming.
Good morning all. Clouds came in, 58 at 6, overcast but lighter now, breeze ~ 10 mph from the south pushes leaves back across the yard. Regrettably the eclipse might be obscured here tonight, but it’s worth checking out. The residents of the manse, biped and quadruped, are getting ready for Christmas. Mariposa is wearing her red collar; the mares… Read more »
More here.
Thanks to Drudge and Breitbart. I hope they don’t get shut down, else we may never know half the crap our “leaders” try to pull on us.