Double Post (Breakin' the Law!)

I hope you all enjoy the poem I posted earlier this morning, I sure as shit do. Also, if you feel like you've already read a lot of the poems I'm going to be posting for the next few months it's because I'm cleaning them out of my Facebook Notes so that now they have a more permanent and safe home. For many of the poems I will be editing and making them better so it might not totally be a waste of your time. If you particularly like one, tell your friends about, link to it on Facebook, or, God-forbid, FAVORITE IT!

Anyways...

The main focus of this short little posting is to remind you all that if you live in North America, especially the United States, there is a very good chance that you're going to be in sight of the total lunar eclipse occurring tonight.

In case you don't know what a lunar eclipse is, it's when the moon passes into the shadow of the earth. I know intuition brings us to the simple conclusion that this must happen all the time but in reality it doesn't!

The reason why this particular eclipse is special is because, for one, it's already bad-ass because it's a fucking eclipse (science man...)

Secondly, this particular eclipse will be occurring during the Winter solstice which is annual date with the least amount of daylight, the beginning of winter.

The last time a winter-solstice-total-lunar-eclipse occurred was 372 years ago in 1638, so it's a pretty rare thing to say the least. In fact it even has NASA all wet and bothered, so much so that they've decided to lay aside their geekiness and lay down some solid poetic justice for the event:

For 72 minutes of eerie totality, an amber light will play across the snows of North America, throwing landscapes into an unusual state of ruddy shadow.

Now if my physics-sense is correct the prominent times of the eclipse should be the same for everybody, no matter where you are, and the times are as follows:

• 10:30PM Eclipse begins, it will be partial until...
  
• 11:40PM when the total eclipse begins and the moon will look blood red!
  
• 12:50PM the total eclipse ends and the shadow slowly recedes.
  
• 2:00AM the eclipse ends and we all go to sleep.
  

I expect you all to be up all night, celebrating the winter solstice like pagans and hailing the red moon goddess!

Cheers!