--- In [email protected], new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Curtis, you are slipping. > > The most obvious shield of protection comes from staying in deep > coitus during the entire eclipse. With a stranger. No names. Very > important. Go to any bar around 4pm PST and make your pitch. You will > thank me. Um for the protections.
Do glory holes count? I might be able to get that together in time. (I have a "wide stance.") Plus I live in DC (last call 1:30) not NYC and I have found that I can't breach a woman's "who is this loser" shield that early in the night. BTW I didn't know that eclipses only last 2 minutes. (OK I was just front'n as a total stud, I mean 30 seconds.) > > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > <Draw your curtains. Say inside and do not allow the shadow to be seen > > and especially do not let the shadow touch you. We should not eat or > > drink anything while an eclipse is going on. It is a good time to > > meditate. > > > > > I know some secret magical stuff too. If anyone would like protection > > from the evil eclipse I am selling dried and painted goat bladders > > with the perfect counter hex for the evil influences. It will allow > > you to let shadows touch you and eat.(but I don't recommend the > > spinach dip,there is something off about this batch) > > > > Promoting superstitious fear about natural phenomena is neither > > enlightened or enlightening. (However, this was my favorite post so > > far this week) > > > > For a perspective on the universe that is currently blowing my mind (I > > know...it didn't exactly take a big stick of dynamite!) I suggest The > > View From the Center of the Universe, discovering our extraordinary > > place in the cosmos by Primack and Abrams. (It is a brilliant husband > > and wife team, but don't worry fans of Vedic culture, he kept her > > female hysteria under control in this book) > > > > Anyhewwww the issues with trying to conceptualize objects, whose > > presence we only detect years after their light reaches us, reminds me > > more of trying to sift meaning out of Aristotle's Metaphysics than > > concrete earth sciences. It is a mind blower. I gunna finish it with > > my shades drawn during the eclipse with a an inflated goat bladder on > > my head. (not because of the eclipse, thats just how I roll) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > > > From: Blaine Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:53 AM > > > To: undisclosed-recipients: > > > Subject: tonight's eclipse > > > > > > > > > > > > An eclipse in jyotish is considered inauspicious and is something > to be > > > avoided. I am getting a lot of flack from new age types who are > always > > > trying to convince me that everything is good, light and dark. This > > is true > > > in the cosmic sense. An eclipse is good, for disease and starting > > wars and > > > famine and drought etc. So shadows are not good in the > progressive and > > > healthy sense of the word and are to be avoided. The eclipse tonight > > > begins at 5:43 pm pacific time and totality is at 7:01 pm pacific > time. > > > Draw your curtains. Say inside and do not allow the shadow to be > > seen and > > > especially do not let the shadow touch you. We should not eat or > drink > > > anything while an eclipse is going on. It is a good time to > > meditate. I > > > had said in my first announcement 2 weeks ago that the eclipse was > > on the > > > 21st. That was calculated from Greenwich. My apologies for any > > confusion. I > > > hope the below information helps. It came directly from the NASA > eclipse > > > page at NASA - Total Lunar Eclipse: February 20, 2008 > > > > > > > > > > > > A total eclipse of the Moon occurs during the night of Wednesday, > > February > > > 20/21, 2008. The entire event is visible from South America and > most of > > > North America (on Feb. 20) as well as Western Europe, Africa, and > > western > > > Asia (on Feb. 21). During a total lunar eclipse, the Moon's disk can > > take on > > > a dramatically colorful appearance from bright orange to blood red > > to dark > > > brown and (rarely) very dark gray. > > > > > > > > > > > > An eclipse of the Moon can only take place at Full Moon, and only > if the > > > Moon passes through some portion of Earth's shadow. The shadow is > > actually > > > composed of two cone-shaped parts, one nested inside the other. The > > outer > > > shadow or penumbra is a zone where Earth blocks some (but not all) > > of the > > > Sun's rays. In contrast, the inner shadow or umbra is a region where > > Earth > > > blocks all direct sunlight from reaching the Moon. > > > > > > > > > > > > If only part of the Moon passes through the umbra, a partial > eclipse is > > > seen. However, if the entire Moon passes through the umbral shadow, > > then a > > > total eclipse of the Moon occurs. > > > > > > rom start to finish, February's lunar eclipse lasts about three > > hours and > > > twenty-six minutes (not including the penumbral phases which are very > > > difficult to see). The partial eclipse begins as the Moon's > eastern edge > > > slowly moves into the Earth's umbral shadow. During the partial > > phases, it > > > takes just over an hour for the Moon's orbital motion to carry it > > entirely > > > within the Earth's dark umbra. The color and brightness of the totally > > > eclipsed Moon can vary considerably from one eclipse to another. Dark > > > eclipses are caused by volcanic gas and dust which filters and > > blocks much > > > of the Sun's light from reaching the Moon. But since no major volcanic > > > eruptions have taken place recently, the Moon will probably take on > > a vivid > > > red or orange color during the total phase. After the total phase > > ends, it > > > is once again followed by a partial eclipse as the Moon gradually > > leaves the > > > umbral shadow. > > > > > > > > > > > > The total phase of a lunar eclipse is called totality. At this > time, the > > > Moon is completely immersed within the Earth's dark umbral shadow. > > During > > > the February 20 eclipse totality will last just under 50 minutes. > > This is > > > quite a bit less than the last total lunar eclipse ( August 28, > > 2007) which > > > lasted 90 minutes. > > > > > > > > > > > > The major phases of the eclipse occur as follows (all times are GMT or > > > Greenwich Mean Time). The partial eclipse commences with first umbral > > > contact at 01:43 GMT or 8:43 pm EST. Totality begins at 03:01 GMT, > > 10:01 pm > > > EST and lasts until 03:51 GMT, 10:51 pm EST. The partial phases end > > at 05:09 > > > GMT. > > > > > > > > > > > > February's lunar eclipse is well-placed for North and South America > > as well > > > as Europe and Africa. Observers along North America's west coast > > miss the > > > early stages of the partial eclipse because it begins before moon > rise. > > > Alaskans in Anchorage and Fairbanks experience moonrise during > > totality but > > > bright evening twilight will make it difficult for sourdoughs to > > view the > > > event. Western Europe and northwest Africa also see the entire > eclipse. > > > Further to the east (east Africa and central Asia), the Moon sets > > before the > > > eclipse ends. None of the eclipse is visible from eastern Asia or > > Australia. > > > > > > > > > > > > Preceeding and following the eclipse are hour-long penumbral > phases but > > > these are faint and quite difficult to see. The more interesting and > > > photogenic partial and total phases always take center stage to the > > > penumbral phases. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.8/1288 - Release Date: > > 2/19/2008 > > > 8:47 PM > > > > > >
