Spring's first major sky-watching event is one of the oldest known meteor showers. https://t.co/s6fkcyBvzT
— WFAA (@wfaa) April 20, 2022
Category: Astral Weather
The wanderer
Scientists have announced the first-ever unambiguous discovery of a free-floating black hole, a rogue wanderer in the void some 5,000 light-years from Earth. https://t.co/1aIYJlX6oz
— Scientific American (@sciam) February 3, 2022
Stars
https://twitter.com/bryanhansel/status/1474470232706146305
Oh look
http://gty.im/1344325052
Now the deal will finally get done when the Mercury retrograde is over. I wonder if Nancy has an astrologer on her staff… Via Bloomberg:
(Bloomberg) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi provided House Democrats with a new Oct. 31 target date to pass the stalled bipartisan infrastructure bill, saying she backed off a pledge to bring the measure to a vote this week because it would have been defeated.
“We must pass BIF well before then – the sooner the better, to get the jobs out there,” wrote Pelosi in a letter to her caucus on Saturday, referring to the $550 billion package in new infrastructure spending.
A 30-day funding extension for federal highway programs will expire at the end of October. That temporary measure was passed Friday night to keep programs funded after Pelosi did not bring the infrastructure package to a vote.
Pelosi also sought to unwind for colleagues the “two dynamics at work” for why she did not bring the bill to a vote, despite having told party moderates she would do so.
Must. Bang. Head. On. Wall
Did I mention it’s almost time for another Mercury retrograde? July 2nd, but I’m already feeling it.
I told you about the road trip where my AC compressor went. My mechanic was supposed to fix it Tuesday, showed up but had the wrong bracket. Said he’d be back Wednesday. Called Wednesday, said another customer broke down, could he come today?
So he showed up today, fixed everything. It was more money than I thought, but I paid him, thanked him, and drove off. Jacked up the air.
It was blowing hot air. (We’re in the middle of a heat wave.)
Got the mechanic on the phone, he came back, checked it again. Something about a bad high pressure valve, yadda yadda yadda. Took the car, will get it back this weekend.
Sigh. It’s so hot.
Heads up
There’s some nasty astrological weather beginning today, and it involves not just literal crashes and booms, but also in interpersonal relationships. If you really need your job, keep your mouth shut.
Oh, and it will be ongoing for a while! (Plus, Mercury retro in there, too.) I don’t have the time to go into the details, but stay calm and don’t get sucked into fighting with anyone.
NASA live stream: Watch the eclipse
Clouds obscuring your view? Not in the direct path of totality? Here’s the next best thing — a video live stream of the eclipse. Enjoy!… Continue reading “NASA live stream: Watch the eclipse”
Lunar eclipse today
No, you can’t see it her. Lunar eclipse = endings of all sorts. More complicated than that, but that’s the basics.
Happy Mercury-goes-direct Day!
Jesus, what a crazy time the last few weeks were — probably more to do with the Sun-Mars opposition that’s exact today, associated with booms and explosions of all kinds.
On Thurday, a fucking blimp landed in my neighborhood. On Saturday, a transformer blew up underneath 30th St., our central train station. On Sunday, something blew up underneath one of the historic areas downtown and one man described his entire house lifting up and slamming down again.
And that’s just the most recent stuff.
Remember, there’s always a little flurry at the end of a retro. But it should start getting better!
You dream flat tires
As you may remember, I am wary of flat tires. I hate being stuck somewhere with a flat or, worse, a blowout. So maybe six weeks ago, I went to the garage around the corner to have someone look at a rear tire that looked low; I was taking a long road trip the next day. It was pretty cold out, and I could tell the mechanic didn’t want to take the tire off, but he examined it as best he could while it was still on the car and said he didn’t see anything. He filled it and advised me to keep an eye on it.
So this Monday morning, that same tire was dead flat. There was just enough air left for me to drive it to the garage, which I did. Then I walked home.
A few hours later, the garage owner called me back and said there was nothing wrong with the tire. I walked back to the garage and drove home. Of course, by yesterday morning, it was flat again.
So I called AAA, and they sent someone out to put on the spare. He was a chatty guy, and after he took off the tire, he pointed and said, “See that?” Not one, but two nails in my tire. Nails no one else ever spotted.
The neighborhood garage is terrible; I only go there when I need something simple (like fixing a flat tire). Now they can’t even do that right.
Happy lunar eclipse, everyone!