admist the mists and fiercest frosts with barest wrists and stoutest boasts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts
I’m a bit behind on my posting, so I’ll be playing catch up. Here’s my April 12 of 12.
12:11 pm - Backstage at Fear Factor Live.
12:35 pm - Pyro cabinet, keep away.
1:01 pm
2:19 pm - Smoking it up
3:02 pm - A good book. Cyndi’s been wanting me to read it, so we made a deal. Now she has to watch season 1 of Battlestar Galactica.
4:06 pm - The smoothie cart, before.
4:07 pm - A closer look at ingredient #3.
4:13 pm - Preparing another grand entrance.
4:20 pm - The smoothie blender, after. Mmmmm.
5:54 pm - Making calzones for dinner.
5:57 pm - I used to work in a pizza parlor. Don’t try this at home.
6:39 pm - Is it 3/4 empty, or 1/4 full?
I took me a while to post, but here we go with March’s 12 of 12.
11:10 am - The clock says 10:10, but this clock still hasn’t been set forward for Daylight Savings Time. I’m thinking of not setting it forward so I can have just one clock that doesn’t buy into this ridiculous Spring Forward business.
The lunar eclipse from Griffith Observatory on February 20th, 2008.
6:51 a.m. - Got up early and went to the gym
11:29 a.m. - Walking up the hill to the Observatory.
1:57 p.m. - The Periodic Table display. There are samples of every element. Well, every element that is safe and stable.
2:17 p.m. - The creepy, vacant eyes of the James Dean monument freak me out sometimes.
3:34 p.m. - In the Depths of Space. Today I ended up talking less about science and more of just “Please don’t jump on the scales.” “Don’t tap on the glass.” “Slow down, please.” The depths was crazy with kids today.
6:13 p.m. - Sunset. I’m quite surprised at my abilities as a human tripod in this and the next few photos. I was playing with the exposure settings and had to hold pretty steady.
6:16 p.m. - Again with the human tripod-ness. I actually got a picture of stars. The one on the top left is Betelgeuse, Orion’s right shoulder.
6:21 p.m. - The Tesla Coil
6:26 p.m. - This view. Still hasn’t gotten old.
8:25 p.m. - This was posted at the desk downstairs. I don’t know, if I found this rabbit, I would have to think twice about not keeping it for myself. It’s just about the coolest stuffed animal I’ve ever seen.
9:08 p.m. - The motor that very slowly drives the telescope, allowing it to track objects in the sky.
9:56 p.m. - The 12″ Zeiss refracting telescope, which has lived in the east dome of Griffith Observatory for over 70 years. Original cost: $14, 900 in the early 1930’s. And incidentally, the most looked-through telescope in the world. Over 7 million people have looked through it.
