In my quest for “smelling the roses, tip toeing through the tulips, dancing in daisies” (see previous post on AFS ODD Rehab 
) – tonight I am going to venture away — yes, I said venture AWAY — from David Archuleta’ing into the wee hours of the morning, and instead, gaze up upon the night sky and watch the Leonid meteorite shower.
Going to kick back with some thermal underwear on, sipping a mug of yummy hot chocolate, while lying on a blanket of snow- and marvel at the wonders of our universe………… it can happen.
OK, ok — well, I live in Southern California – so we can nix the thermal underwear, and the blanket of snow will soon be my hot tub – but going to stick to the mug of hot chocolate plan. 
SO TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO TONIGHT ???
LEAVE IT IN THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW!!!!!
From the LA times:
One night only: Leonid meteor shower
Thanks to a new moon, chances of being able to see this annual celestial show tonight are good.
By John Johnson Jr.
November 16, 2009 | 2:06 p.m.The annual Leonid meteor shower will make its one-night appearance over North America tonight. Viewing conditions should be excellent because the peak will occur after midnight, when the lights of metropolitan areas will be at their dimmest.
Further, the presence of a new moon will make it much easier to see the white streaks across the sky.
The meteor shower is called the Leonids because the meteors appear to originate in the constellation Leo. In reality, they appear only in the last few seconds of their existence when they enter the upper atmosphere of the Earth.
Most of the meteors are small bits of sand and fluff shed by the 55P/Tempel-Tuttle comet, which makes a close pass of the sun every 33 years before returning to the outer solar system. The last close pass of the comet, which is about 2 miles in diameter, was in 1998.
Each time it traverses the inner solar system, the heat of the sun causes the comet to lay down a trail of debris. When the Earth’s orbit carries it through this trail, that becomes the Leonid shower.
For more information on meteor showers, check out StarDate Online or NASA’s website.
Copyright © 2009, The Los Angeles Times
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AFS – you going to need the thermals again ???? bwwhhahaha archiefandoc(Quote)
Asteroid passes just 8,700 miles from Earth – with only 15 hours warning!!!
Spiff the Space Man reporting: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1226672/Asteroid-scrapes-past-Earth-just-8-700miles-away–15-hours-warning.html#ixzz0WaTEYNLF archuletafanscene(Quote)
That’s scary AFS !! Thank goodness it was only 23 ft diameter.
So are we going to stay up late – only to forget about it again ? bwwahhahaha ArchieFanDoc(Quote)
As long as NASA stands for “Never A Straight Answer” I will probably be ruminating for days.
Other than that, do you have extra marshmallows and a pair of binoculars? archuletafanscene(Quote)
Just days? ArchieFanDoc(Quote)
Yes, unless, of course, you have figured out how to escape the time/space continuum wearing nothing but thermals.
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I’ll get right on that one! don’t know about the thermals though – bwaahahahaha archiefandoc(Quote)
A little pre-planning, a few microwaves, and we all have warm cocoa.
Hey! What does a one-celled organism call a set of binoculars? archuletafanscene(Quote)
Paramecium!
bwwwahhahhahahahaa archiefandoc(Quote)
Going to listen to the “Quayle of Doom” on Coast.
Talk to you soon!!!
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2009/11/16 archuletafanscene(Quote)
“Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease
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to be amused.”
Sounds exciting – Have fun! Naught .
and then there was one – cause only two people commenting on this stinking post I risked my job putting up from work
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Ditto archiefandoc(Quote)
Vera vs Coutera on UFC archiefandoc(Quote)
Well, AFD, I hate to interrupt the profound discussion going on here, but I hope that you have a good time watching the meteor shower and drinking some tasty hot chocolate! I watched some stars earlier tonight myself — of course those were the celebrities on Dancing with the Stars…
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Ha ha ha B! – I forgot about DWTS tonight! – usually go to the gym at this time of night and watch it on the TV’s there while on the bike – but got distracted with the deep thoughts between AFS and AFD
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Doc, I hope you had a good time watching the stars. I never even thought of doing that when I was living in CA – then again I was a lot younger with nothing in my brain other than eating and dancing.
I try doing that here in Orlando, but not the same. Oh well!!
B I missed Dancing with the Stars as well. Who got voted off? China80(Quote)
Dang! I was under the impression it was 20 miles long???? Or are we talking about the same thing????
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The guy I heard report it on the radio must have been talking about two different meteors – 2009 DD45 and 2009 VA (this meteor). DD45 missed us by 44,750 miles last March. DD45 was moving at about 12 miles (20 kilometers) a second when it was closest to Earth. It was 20 to 50 meters wide. The reporter must have confused meters with feet – or, it could have been me who was confused, since it was about 3:00 am when I heard it, lol.
The estimated size of 2009 DD45 is similar to that of an asteroid or comet that exploded above Tunguska, Siberia, on June 30 1908, flattening 80 million trees in a swathe of more than 2,000 square kilometres (800 square miles).
That’s still plenty enough doom to get excited about.
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and you know how excited I get about “doom”
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Meet YOU down at Arizona Bay!
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“But before you head for the nuclear bunkers you will be relieved to learn the tumbling rock was only 23ft across. Similar sized objects pass by this close to Earth about twice a year and impact on the planet about once every five years.”
from the link AFS posted near the top of the thread archiefandoc(Quote)
It was the one that NASA missed right that almost hit the earth??? NinaB(Quote)
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< As you see I'm planted and standing on guard!lol NinaB(Quote)
Thank you o’ vigilant carrot! archuletafanscene(Quote)
NinaB is like Carrot Top on Roids — and ready to save the world! archiefandoc(Quote)
ha ha ha ha – dang it! how come California always bites the dust in just about every disaster movie – and always the first to go ???? archiefandoc(Quote)
This might have something to do with it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ring_of_Fire archuletafanscene(Quote)
Thanks – the Ring of Fire — now I can’t get out of my head Adam Lambert singing a Johnnie Cash song
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I’m sorry. Hehe
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ooohhhh cool emoticon – I want it! archiefandoc(Quote)
http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Smilies archuletafanscene(Quote)
Thanks! :mrgreen archiefandoc(Quote)
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OK- I give up – I’m smiley challanged
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