Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for December 29, 2015
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Paraquat Draw Binky Adenoid Dan, the hobo serenader Sinus Major Spongebrain Cowpants Office Building Prolix The Dandy Richard's Poor Almanac Winter Skywatch By Richard Thompson The winter sky is just filled with celestial objects & constellations, most of them so lurid, embarrassingly absurd or flat out tedious that you have to wonder why any sane grown-up person would even consider standing outside & rubbernecking in the middle of the night when it's barely ten degrees above zero. Arm with pinchy thing, hammer & spatula. Little face looking part with 3-D camera. I don't know what this is Martian Rover I mean, they're got robots to do that outer space stuff now! And the robots are really cute, too, in a Star Wars comic relief robot kind of way. So just plop down in your chair & watch some live NASA footage on TV! With your 3-D glasses on it'll be just like you're on Mars! Hey NASA! Your damn Rover bit my kid! Ooh, look- Martians!
Sisyphos almost 9 years ago
Skies around here are generally too overcast and cloudy from December to May to observe any of those lurid constellations anyway. I guess I’ll take the online-viewing (not TV!) route to self-medicating….