Brrr

I don't think my doing this will have the same effect as my father would, but I'll give it a try.

*stern look at weather*

I am very, very disappointed in you.

Last night, mckitterick and I got to see just a bit over the first quarter of the eclipse. That is, we got to see it get a little bit over halfway dark, and just barely starting to turn orange, before clouds rolled in. By the time the moon was in full eclipse, we had total cloud cover and couldn't see anything at all. Very sad.

mckitterick did get out the telescope, though, so what we did see we saw right proper. By sheer luck, I happened to look into the eyepiece just as a small private plane flew in front of the moon. I happened so fast I barely registered what I'd seen, but wow! Very cool. I wound up doing jumping jacks and jogging in place to stay warm. Brrr.

And the continuing yuckiness *glares at weather* *weather remains unswayed* probably means that my lovely evening plans with bestill are cancelled, too.

I wore The Vest to work today and have already learned a valuable lesson. My office is Too Cold for anything with less coverage than a full sweater over a long-sleeved undershirt. I'm absolutely freezing. I had to put my cardigan on over the vest. Which totally ruins the effect. Alas. But I wore it! It's lovely. ( Cut for photo )

This means, however, that while I won't stop working on the vest I started last night, I'm definitely going to get started on that long-sleeved cardigan/jacket--pronto.

Telecomm Immunity Issue

To sign a petition that urges the House of Representatives to grow a fucking spine, please go here: http://www.pfaw.org/go/StopImmunity

In case you were stuck in a political prison camp/had your head in a hole last week, here's the story about how the Senate utterly failed to prove their worth as vertebrates.

Let's see if the House can do better.