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Happy Halloweeny! :)

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D.W.Q.M.: Ian: "Where's your spirit of adventure, hm?" the First Doctor: "It died a slow and painful death when those bats came out of the rafters." Happy Halloween, everybody!! My Halloween village, 2004. "There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: Religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin." -Linus Van Pelt Have a fun and safe Halloween, and try not to scare too many little kids. ;) Boo!

famous people and total lunar eclipse

D.W.Q.M.: "First things first, but not necessarily in that order." -the Fourth Doctor So there was a bunch of famous people at KSL today...but more about that later. Before I forget-there's a total lunar eclipse tonight!!! It's only supposed to be partly cloudy tonight, so here's hoping we'll get to see something!!! I'm planning on bringing my small telescope to taco night tonight-it's great for lunar viewing!! :) Here are the details: Total Lunar Eclipse! (all times EDT) October 27th the lunar eclipse will be visible in North and South America, and on the morning of October 28th, Europe. We (Eastern and Central observers) will be able to see the total eclipse, while Western observers will see the Full Moon rising with a small bite already taken out of it. :) Here's the breakdown: 8:06pm: Eclipse begins when the Moon enters the light penumbral shadow. 9:14pm: Beginning of the partial phase when the Moon enters the darker umbral

Spooky

D.W.Q.M.: Ian: "Where's your spirit of adventure, hm?" the First Doctor: "It died a slow and painful death when those bats came out of the rafters." I've updated my front porch for Halloween!! To check it out, click here. Oh, and please let me know if there are missing images-I try to load them all, but I always seem to miss something... :) Thanks! So tonight I foolishly decided to have a thriller/horror movie marathon all by myself. I made a bowl of popcorn, switched off the main lights, turned on my Halloween lights, lit some candles, then sat down to watch Gaslight (the 1944 version with Ingrid Bergman), the Ring , and Halloween . ...yeah, I'm not sleeping for the next couple of days... Next week I want to watch the Exorcist and the Omen ...I'll never sleep again. ;)

And then there was one...

D.W.Q.M.: Liz Shaw: "You were a respected scientist once." the traitorous Dr. Lennox: "Grossly underpaid." I just found out this morning that I'm the only one left working on the storage project. We went from having four people in June, to just little ol' me. Great... Speaking of storage, I told everyone at taco night last night that I'm going to be wearing a harness at storage. The look on everyone's face was priceless. :) Seriously though, we've been complaining about the working conditions there, so they want to run some air quality tests-and to be somewhat accurate, they need to run the tests while someone is actually working there. I don't really know the specifics yet. This morning my boss came up and asked what they were planning on doing, and I described it as best I could. He was imagining a mask from the World War I era...said we definitely have to get pictures of that. LOL. *sigh* back to work for me!

The Orionids

D.W.Q.M.: "One day we'll know all the mysteries of the skies, and we'll stop our wanderings." -Susan I am taking a brief break from my excitement over Farscape to talk about something else. (look out though, kiddies- I'm not finished with Farscape!!! *heehee* ;) ) Our system at work has crashed yet again, so I'm writing now. (Have I mentioned before how sucky it is when practically your entire job relies on the computer system?) They are taking it down for another major rehaul-someone is going to fix it. (gee, where have I heard that before? ;) ) Heads up!! the Orionids peak tonight!! (well, more like tomorrow morning.) Best viewing time is in the wee hours of the morning-that's when the shower is the most active. Unfortunately, if you live where I live, it is unlikely you'll be able to see anything at all. Forecast is cloudy, with a 30% percent chance of light rain or drizzle this evening. BOOOOOoOoooooooo. :p Anyhoo, the maxim

The Peacekeeper Wars, part 2

O.M.G. WOW. I frellin' LOVE this show. (Eat chicken, Harvey!!!)

The Peacekeeper Wars, part 1

It was Frellin' awesome.

Farscape

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*psssssssst* Don't forget: There was a slight moment (actually more like several hours) of panic today. I turned on my tv around 1, and discovered my cable was out. NOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo!!!!!! NOT 32 HOURS BEFORE THE FARSCAPE MINI!!!!!!!!!!!! It's Saturday!!!! They'll never fix it in time!!! Sometime earlier this evening, the cable came back on. *whew* That was a close one. :) :) So, in order to prepare for the mini, my friend Arthur and I got together today for a Farscape marathon. Too bad we can't fit 88 episodes into one day. ;) We watched 9 episodes -how do you pick 9 out of 88? It wasn't easy, but this is what we chose: 1-4 are from season 1; 5 is from season 2; 6 and 7, from season 3; and the last two are from season 4. 1. Premiere Well, duh! It's always good to start with the beginning-the episode that started it all! :) Crais is introduced as Number One Bad Guy. 2. P.K. Tech Girl As Arthur said, it's always good

knitting away...it's a baby blanket!

D.W.Q.M.: "...Madame Nostradamus made it for me...witty little knitter..." -the Fourth Doctor My second knitting project!! I promised Karen that I'd start posting my progress on the baby blanket that I am knitting for my sister, who is due in December. :) I found the pattern I am using at Michaels -it was one of those free project sheets that they have around the store-found it while I was checking out their baby yarn. It said level 2 experience, so I decided to give it a shot. (livin' dangerously, yep, that's me!) ;) I had heard rumors...when I heard people say how hard it is to knit with baby yarn...boy, they weren't kidding!!! The stitching pattern is a little different from the straight garter stitch I used for the Doctor Who scarf (which I still need to post pictures of, I know-I'm sorry!). It took a while getting used to it, but I think I'm getting the hang of it. I'm more critical about my work on this one, since I'm actually

"My bologna has a first name..."

D.W.Q.M.: "Maybe I am getting too young for this sort of thing." -the Fourth Doctor A strange occurance was reported at a gas station on the corner of Noble and some random side street last night-a crazy girl was running around a car screaming, "Mr. Spider, you leave my friend alone!" How odd. ;) Congrats to my friend Angel's son, CJ! His football team won this past weekend, 21-0!!! Woo! Times like this I wish Minnesota was alot closer, so I could go to his games. :) I hear there was much screaming and rejoicing-I love football! :) A bunch of us from Cleveland went down to Medina this weekend to visit our friends Steph and Dan. Their son is soooo adorable!!! I crawled under the table for an exciting game of Peek-a-Boo, and later, while he was outside swinging, Steph mentioned he loves it when someone stands in front of him and pretends to be hit by the swing. So, of course, I had to run out in front and wipeout. He was very amused. :) The f

Yeah, baby, yeah!!!

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D.W.Q.M.: "It takes all sorts to make a galaxy." -the Fourth Doctor (image courtesy of the SciFi Channel -thank you!) Happy, happy, joy, joy. I promised that my next post would be 100% happy: Frell, Yeah! :) :) :) :) 11 days and counting. WOO! Crichton: "How are you doing?" D'Argo: "I have to pee." *they look at each other* Both: "Hahahahahahahahahahaaa..." icannotwait, icannotwait, icannotwait...

Uff-da, I should have stayed home! ;)

D.W.Q.M.: "But you can't rewrite history! Not one line!" -the First Doctor Tomorrow all non-essential personnel at the library get the day off-the skeleton crew left behind will get a comp day, but I don't have to come into work tomorrow! Yay! This exciting day off was brought to you by the VP Debate held here tomorrow. Okay, I admit, I am getting a little caught up in the excitement...but not too much. ;) Originally the library was scheduled to close at 3pm tomorrow-it still is, but we got an email Friday from Joanne saying that the library will remain open with only the minimum needed to run circ, reference, and the computing resources from 8-3. Those who do have to work will get a comp day-that's cool. I still haven't seen any Secret Service people wandering about, but I've been told they've been spotted on campus. Anyhoo, I digress-I was actually thinking about taking today off, since I don't have to come in tomorrow-make it a

October Night Sky....

D.W.Q.M.: Duke Juliano: "There's this man in Florence claims that by arranging ground glasses in a certain order, it's possible to see the moon and stars as large as your hand." Marco: "Is that a good thing?" -from the 4th Doctor story, The Masque of Mandragora Today's astronomy post is brought to you by Astronomy Magazine . :) A few cool events happening this month-if I remember, I'll try to post about them again the day of, or before, the event. :) Total Lunar Eclipse! (all times EDT) October 27th the lunar eclipse will be visible in North and South America, and on the morning of October 28th, Europe. We (Eastern and Central observers) will be able to see the total eclipse, while Western observers will see the Full Moon rising with a small bite already taken out of it. :) Here's the breakdown: 8:06pm: Eclipse begins when the Moon enters the light penumbral shadow. 9:14pm: Beginning of the partial phase when the Moon enters