Watched the lunar eclipse yesterday, absolutely spectacular. It's pretty amazing what nerds have made possible. Despite the fact that I was not anywhere near a viewing point of the eclipse, I was still able to watch the entire thing. Crazy. I learned some interesting facts and theories, thanks to Bob Berman, the host of the live feed. Like the idea that the moon is romantic and "puts people in the mood," he said something along the lines of safety to perform the act under a full moon over the other phases. And the idea that there are more babies and other weirdness during a full moon. Not true, at least according to several studies done on the subject. I definitely notice a change in the air when there's a full moon out, but I suppose it's all in our heads. Still, it's quite a sight. There was also something he said about the moon moving away from us. Guess that goes with the whole idea that the universe is expanding. Kinda creepy and awesome at the same time. If only we could all sit around once in a while and think about the cosmos, how vast and incomprehensible she is, the little bullshit in life is so over-rated compared to that. I believe we purposefully don't talk or think about these things, because it's too overwhelming. Many of us just aren't ready to study the earth and the universe. We'd rather wrap ourselves up in a security blanket full of crap, to distract ourselves from the underlying truths. I am just as guilty of this. It's frightening to realize how unimportant and small we are on the scale of life and other things. Then again, reality is all that we make it, so who's to say what is real eh? Well, enough jibber jabber. Til next time

-The Drunken Banana-