The Penciled Sky

Archive for May 2007

Where Can I Find a Roadrunner?

Posted by: tpsky on: May 30, 2007

One morning my husband came downstairs saying, “Honey, I saw two wolves in our backyard from our bedroom window.” Wolves? We don’t live near the zoo.
“You sure they’re wolves? I’ve never heard of wolves in this area. Coyotes, maybe?”
“They looked like wolves. On the other side of the fence. [...]

No. It Does Not Have Anything to Do with Magneto…

Posted by: tpsky on: May 29, 2007

[Taking a sip of tea...sitting up pretty and straight] So,  supposedly the earth’s magnetic field is going to reverse itself.  And before it does that, the magnetic field would disappear all together for a little while.
Oh, said you, where did you get such authoritative news?
From the Economist and New York Times, of course.  Astronomy Today [...]

Must Be My Magnetic Personality

Posted by: tpsky on: May 8, 2007

Of the 21 years I’ve been the proud owner of a driver’s license, I’ve had 5 car accidents to date. Three out of the 5 occurred within last 35 days.
The first one happened when the lovely Massachusetts had the last snow storm of the season. Yes, it had to be the last one. [...]