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glasspusher, 19 days ago to random

@edwilk @TidalFlats @Biff52

weather is happening!

weather station readout showing 11.4 mm of rain thus far today with a rain rate of 8.1 mm/hr at the bottom, the display says “It’s raining cats and dogs”

glasspusher, 8 months ago to random

@Alice @12thRITS @TidalFlats @edwilk

really fucking good morning in the lab here, Slice, the culmination of a very productive week! I think this calls for a Colonial Donuts run!

…I mean, a shitty day in the lab also may call for a Colonial Donuts run, too...

...what am I getting at?

Dancing With The Stars GIF

glasspusher, 6 months ago to random

you all can relax, I found our new band name:

@edwilk @TidalFlats @AlterNewt @keithmorrisnm @12thRITS @Alice

glasspusher, 2 months ago to random

@Alice @farah Election day is what, Tuesday, and my youtube ads are flooded with local political stuff, I'm almost getting nostalgic for the metabolism killer guy

glasspusher, 8 months ago to random

@thepoliticalcat @Alice

hey the smoke is worse up here on the hill, seems it's better at your place. Imma come down and hang out until things clear up. Please make sure you have mondo snacks 'cause I get really hungry when things are like this. Also, for the love of christ, could you have something better than lite beer when I get there? It's really a small courtesy.

glasspusher, 6 months ago to random

@TidalFlats @edwilk @12thRITS @AlterNewt @keithmorrisnm @Biff52
#sunrise #CloudAppreciationSociety

Sunrise here at Casa Vidrio, in between rain bands.

glasspusher, 3 months ago to random

@edwilk @TidalFlats @thepoliticalcat @12thRITS @Biff52 #ChunderRoad

30mm of rain since last night here at Casa Vidrio. Came down pretty hard and steady starting around 9 PM until about 3AM, now only light rain.
Barometer started out around 1014 mB last night and is at 996. 5 mB now and still falling. The high winds haven't materialized here, but we need a straight shot at about 150 degrees, SSE, to really get them where I'm situated. For the moment the wind is from the E/ENE

glasspusher, 5 months ago to random

@DeliaChristina @skinnylatte

I'm feeling a tetch under the weather but seem to be improving. If I take it easy today I think I can haul my ass and my telescope (and maybe my daughter) to rockridge tonight. 5 ish? 6 ish? what works for you all? I'd like to not linger more than an hour- unless people really start throwing 20s in my hat.

#EastBay

glasspusher, 8 months ago to random

Hay folks a friend forwarded this

@edwilk @TidalFlats @12thRITS #ChunderRoad

glasspusher, 8 months ago to random

@TidalFlats @keithmorrisnm @edwilk @AlterNewt @12thRITS @Alice Kid Glass just sent me this

glasspusher, 9 months ago to random

@Alice ok the missus is interested in the German place on the embaradero. If she doesn’t like this one my ass is grass.

@HCBunny will report on the pretzels

glasspusher, 3 months ago to random

@DeliaChristina due to some meteorological anomaly, it looks like it'll be halfway clear tonight. Thinking of heading down to the RR Bart around 6 with a telescope to show folks Jupiter. If the air is steady, the Red Spot should be visible.

I need something to get me out of my dank lab.

#EastBay

glasspusher, 2 months ago to random

so, with the discussion of porn stashes or not-

edit: "stash, not 'stache “

My dad was a very religious man, and graduated from a Jesuit university (U of Scranton). My mom said he once told her “It would be nice if one of our 3 sons became a Jesuit”

My mom said she replied "don't hold your breath”

glasspusher, 7 months ago to random

@edwilk @ColesStreetPothole @TidalFlats @DismalManorGang @AlterNewt @12thRITS @tayfonay

14C (57F)almost saturated air here at Casa Vidrio with light rain falling, about 2.5 mm in the bucket and still coming down. Not bad for late October in these parts, cut down on fire risk too.

glasspusher, 6 months ago to random

Windy af up here right now. House is creaking bigly

@DeliaChristina ? @Alice ? @thepoliticalcat ?

glasspusher, 3 months ago to random

texas repubs trying to get a bill through to replace school counselors with chaplains who need minimal or no training. The video is…enlightening

https://www.tiktok.com/@jamestalarico/video/7334870702853541150

#ChunderRoad

glasspusher, 1 month ago to random

@edwilk @TidalFlats @AlterNewt @12thRITS

Welp forecast for Plattsburgh NY is now trending high clouds but they say it shouldn’t fuck with the view much tomorrow afternoon. Wishing a good view to all who are giving it a shot.

glasspusher, 7 months ago to random

@skinnylatte It occurred to me that when I bring one of my big scopes into SF to meet up with you I will have to make sure to include the provision so that you can take pix through it with one of your film cameras. I have a Nikon SLR adapter at the moment…

glasspusher, 3 months ago to random

My dream team is a nightmare

glasspusher, 3 months ago to random

getting windier here, consistent gusts into the 30+ mph range, as the rain is coming down hard again

gotten about 50 mm of rain so far since Saturday. now over half a meter for the season.

Weather is happening!

#cawx #EastBay

glasspusher, 2 months ago to random

sunrise season appears over with several mornings of fog in a row up here. The redwoods love it!

#fog

glasspusher, 29 days ago to random

I just typed this into work slack this morning, so I know my day's off to a good start:

“what could possibly go wrhog”

glasspusher, 7 days ago to random

@edwilk @keithmorrisnm

sure, we can play guitar, but can anybody play the drums?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCNZGJSI0Ls

glasspusher, 1 month ago to random

How do I explain my path to clear skies under the moon's shadow, quickly? I probably can't...

Went with two bffs of mine. One of them, hard to get out of the house, this would be his first eclipse. My other friend has seen two with me already.

Knowing the weather in the eastern US in April, we expected a roll of the dice. We decided last year I'd fly to NJ, meet up with them (they're in NY and NJ, respectively), and drive to Memphis 2 days before the eclipse to be ready for anything.

The week before the eclipse, it was looking like the weather in Texas would be dicey, as would the northeast, except, strangely, for extreme north NY, VT, NH and Maine.

The Thursday before the eclipse we decided to ditch our Memphis plans and throw our lot in in the northeast. I flew into NJ on Friday, and we drove up to my friend's in upstate NY.

Sunday afternoon, the forecast for Plattsburgh NY and Burlington VT was starting to look a little sketchy. We decided to head out early (230 AM) for Plattsburgh on Monday morning, eclipse day.

Drove out early Monday morning. 6AM, an hour south of Plattsburgh, I looked at the forecast for Plattsburgh/Burlington and didn't like it. East of that looked better.

Vermont and New Hampshire don't have highways that allow easy east/west travel. They're kind of north/south states. I started looking at towns up in Canada, and found one, Magog, that looked like a good spot, and a fast path to get there. I Totally winging it. I had no idea what the town was like.

I told my friends “guys we're going to Canada today. Gonna be another two and a half hour drive”

After resolving a bit of an...incident…with my documentation at the border, we got into Quebec and to Magog at 930 AM. A jewel of a town at the top shore of lake Memphrémagog.

1/x

#ChunderRoad
@KrajciTom @Quenby @tayfonay @Alice

glasspusher, 25 days ago to random

@Alice hey slice I wrangled a bidness lunch at Giovanni’s tomorrow, so much winning 🤤🍕