November 9, 2003

  • I’m going to go for a post-sunset run tonight in the forest.  With the leaf canopy of the forest trees mostly fallen, a now clear sky and the full moon alight, I should be able to avoid foot hazards and come out alright.


     


    I missed the full eclipse of the moon last night due to cloud cover.  But was it really that much of a spectacle for those who saw it?  I think the real spectacle of eclipses throughout man’s early history was their initial unpredictability and mysteriously fearful sourcing.   Or maybe I’m just too oversaturated with technological special-effects to be ‘shock-and-awed’?  I can imagine only one condition under which I’d orgasmically appreciate a predictable eclipse: on an island, with a lover, and the fruit of the vine.


     


    On the other hand, we’ll probably see the day when space technology and adventure marketing advance to the state where they will be able to nudge PHAs (Potentially Hazardous Asteroids) into predictable collision impacts with, let’s say, the moon.  The ‘reality TV’ of that day will be ‘Survivor’ moon stationers who must use their missiles to defeat the incoming asteroids or face potential annihilation, or at least, incremental diminishment of their amenities (eg., the 1st asteroid takes out the fresh water transformer, the 2nd asteroid takes out the computer over-grid, etc., forcing them with each failure further back towards primitive existence).  I probably won’t watch such shenanigans any more than I watch the current reality-ones—practically nought.


     


    What if deciduous trees in middle and sub-polar latitudes could be genetically-bred to have brightly colored barks so that when they loose their load in the fall/winter, their trunks would still flame with visual vitality?  Imagine dazzling barks of fire reds, canary yellows, sunset oranges, bluegrass greens, and more.  Would it warm your heart to look out on a winterscape and behold that?  Or would you decry such as an ‘artificial Easter egg effect’?



    By the way, since my 'Sideblog' is down due to server problems and my mLog (camera photo blog) is still problematic due to uptake format problems, I switched to a syndicated version as my "Side Dish' of yet a new blogging foray: Buzznet.  It, too, provides instant posting, but non-problematically, of my camera phone pics.  If you have no idea what I'm talking about, that's okay too!

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