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sunday babble
Aug. 23rd, 2009 06:10 pmToday I decided to take my man and beast for a drive up the coast, to just get the hell out of the house. We had a good time, together, as we do. Man is still my best friend, the person I want to hang out with when I've got nothing better to do. The dog is always good company, as it's his raison d'etre.
Unfortunately, we realized we are now both *completely* addicted to Wikipedia and Google. Remember way back when there was no internet? We used to just have to wonder and live in ignorance, or go and *grab a book* and *look stuff up*. I kid you not, we came back with the following list of things to look up:
1. What is the marine layer?
2. When you look out at the horizon on the sea, how far away is it?
3. Why is the sky blue? (Note: I get massive points for knowing why the sky has color [sun's rays water droplets in atmosphere or something] but not why it's blue instead of red or purple.)
4. When do the elephant seals mate (Ano Nueovo)? Newts (Butano)? Butterflies (Pebble beach)? What will happen is the state parks close? Can we still go there?
5. Why do I never understand how the economy works and where all the money has gone, even when my husband explains it over and over again in simple terms?
6. What is the Bahai Bosch school?
7. Is the straw maze by Pescadero actually the setting of a real life horror movie? Why were there no other patrons there? WHy is this creepy instead of good?
8. Why, after 20 years of living on the coast, do we still put on sunscreen when we go to the beach and forget that summer coast = fog & wind, not sunshine. Sunshine at the beach is for spring, autumn, and winter.
Wikipedia to the rescue:
( answers )
ETA: ( crappy cell-phone photos )
Unfortunately, we realized we are now both *completely* addicted to Wikipedia and Google. Remember way back when there was no internet? We used to just have to wonder and live in ignorance, or go and *grab a book* and *look stuff up*. I kid you not, we came back with the following list of things to look up:
1. What is the marine layer?
2. When you look out at the horizon on the sea, how far away is it?
3. Why is the sky blue? (Note: I get massive points for knowing why the sky has color [sun's rays water droplets in atmosphere or something] but not why it's blue instead of red or purple.)
4. When do the elephant seals mate (Ano Nueovo)? Newts (Butano)? Butterflies (Pebble beach)? What will happen is the state parks close? Can we still go there?
5. Why do I never understand how the economy works and where all the money has gone, even when my husband explains it over and over again in simple terms?
6. What is the Bahai Bosch school?
7. Is the straw maze by Pescadero actually the setting of a real life horror movie? Why were there no other patrons there? WHy is this creepy instead of good?
8. Why, after 20 years of living on the coast, do we still put on sunscreen when we go to the beach and forget that summer coast = fog & wind, not sunshine. Sunshine at the beach is for spring, autumn, and winter.
Wikipedia to the rescue:
( answers )
ETA: ( crappy cell-phone photos )
