[Lizradusa]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 29 January 2015 - 11:23 AM, said:

Cajun King, on 29 January 2015 - 07:29 AM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 29 January 2015 - 06:44 AM, said:

Man its always cloudy & raining here in good old NW England. Rarely see cool stars & stuff.

I'd go batshit crazy if I couldn't see them. As I type this im looking up at Jupiter, Sirius, Orion, and the Orange super giant Arcturus(which basically looks like Mars). I love it.

Jealous! Although now we're in a little country village with little light pollution I'm hoping to get out spotting once it warms up!

You should also look now! Colder air can't hold as much water, which means you have less stuff in the air where the light can get absorbed or reflected away and thus resulting in better chances to see more in winter.

[Gust Hubb]

I miss the constant clouds ...

[Gnaw]

Cajun King, on 29 January 2015 - 06:39 PM, said:

Yes Winter is best cause there is less heat haze/shimmer star twinkling happening. That's why I could see the gas clouds in the Milky Way better.

You've declared for Winter? Culture hunt time!

Vote Cajun King

[Slow Ben]

Purchased a new fixer upper today for $11,000.




Tax repos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Maark Abbott]

Does it lob cussers?

[Slow Ben]

Well its a house, so probably not.


But to be fair I havent been in the attic yet, so who knows. I can hope....

[Nicodimas]

Rained all day the phoenix open..like 68 and rainy..

Really cool! 2 decades of going to open first time it rained!

<also tiger did terri-bad>

[Tsundoku]

In spite of the Iranian referees best efforts, Australia won the Asian Cup final against South Korea in an absolute nailbiter.

2:1 in extra time.

Although letting SK get the equaliser a minute into injury time at the end wasn't great for my heart.



And to those who think we shouldn't be in the Asian Cup ...

http://www.news.com....8-1227201730991

This post has been edited by Sombra: 31 January 2015 - 12:03 PM

[worry]

Cajun King, on 30 January 2015 - 02:32 AM, said:

All hail MAB! Queen of Air and Darkness on the Winter Throne.

I don't know if you have twitter or care about it at all, but if you do (or if you just want to visit it independently) you should check out astronaut Reid Wiseman's feed. He's constantly posting amazing photos (you can dig through his past tweets for many while he was on the space station, he just came back to earth in November): https://twitter.com/astro_reid

[Maark Abbott]

Amazon just showed up with a book and a CD. Since they switched from Royal Mail to private courier their service has really come on.

Also had a cooked breakfast this morning, and now carrying on with the book, which is picking up speed again (I reckon in terms of overall ideas I'm about 40% of the way through book 1 of a planned trilogy).

[Nicodimas]

I was here! Really cool and......BOOM!


http://www.sbnation....oenix-open-2015

[Nicodimas]

it was a fun super bowl neither team were my thing...but!!

WTF..wtf..

http://www.sbnation....super-bowl-2015

like this basic playcalling......basic!!! and you have the best rb in the league

oh well cant argue stupid..

[Maark Abbott]

I still don't get armour rugby. From an outsider's perspective, it appears that a chap says some numbers and words, throws a rugby ball and then a lot of burly men perform charging cuddles at one another, and this then repeats further down the field.

[Tsundoku]

I'm led to believe that, like beer, it's an acquired taste.

[Maark Abbott]

Well, are we talking swill like lager, or are we talking "jump into my manly chest" real ale?

[Binder of Demons]

Some friends of mine were all over the news here in Cork this weekend for basically outing a con-artist & registered sex offender who was targeting the drama and film community here. The guy had arrived into the city a few months ago, promising to start up all sorts of projects. He did a few legit things like organise a few industry get-together evenings, and even a free screenwriting course. But because Cork is so small, and people talk, his bullshitty stories put a few people on alert, and they were dogged in following up on their suspicions. I was mildly suspicious, but couldn't have imagined his actual background.

And late last week they managed uncover the fact that the guy was a serial con artist and convicted sex offender in the UK, was here under a false name, and had failed to notify the police of his presence here. So even though he skipped town on thursday morning, the Gardaí managed to apprehend him in Tralee on thursday night. So two thumbs up for amateur sleuthing.

The good news is that he was stopped before anything really bad happened, especially as he had been lining up auditions for child actors and singers/performers for next week, under the guise of running a talent agency.

Happy that social media was used for a positive cause.

[amphibian]

That is such a good thing, Binder of Demons.

I'm snowed in while in the greatest city on earth (NYC) in my gf's apartment. My car is safely parked and I've shoveled it out easily. I have movies, food and beer. I also have a job in which the boss told me to stay down here until tomorrow morning.

Dang, life is pretty ok right now.

[Solidsnape]

What a bunch of lovely guys.

http://youtu.be/0-gInizyf4E

[melonhead]

Just got approved for an extra thousand dollars from the government for study. Superstoked.
(gotta pay it back at some stage though )

[Maark Abbott]

Had a confirmation that my order for Book 1 of 'Gerald from Riveting' is on the way to me.