Quote Of The Day, Social Skills Division

"Are you an alien cuz of your voice?"

Today's quote brought to you by a nine-year-old who has yet to learn diplomacy. No, kid, I am not. I just have an unusually deep and commanding voice. But when I sing, it's glorious!

The best part was the parent/teacher who whirled to stare at the kid in horror. I expect the kid'll be getting a lesson in not being an asshole shortly. I'm just glad he asked someone like me, who found it hilarious rather than painful. I'm sensitive about a lot of things, but my awesome voice is not one of them.

Eclipse Party!

Did anyone in the right regions get to see the solar eclipse today? I thought I wasn't going to because paradoxically I was stuck in the Space Place Dome Theater for a shift,* but nobody showed up for one of the shows because THERE WAS AN ECLIPSE GOING so I had time to run out and hang with the Space Place Eclipse Party for a bit and look through the filtered telescopes and through the filtered glasses and DEAR GOD PLEASE DON'T LOOK AT THE SUN WITHOUT A FILTER PEOPLE.

So yeah, we partied like Space Place people, by which I mean a bunch of nerds stood around and tried to see who could explain space the loudest while peering through telescopes. And now I've got mylar-filtered glasses so I can check out the sun with impunity WHENEVER I DAMN WELL PLEASE and every time I'll feel a little bit defiant. TAKE THAT, THE SUN!

Then I had to go back to Dome Jail. But it was clouding up anyway, so that was fine. I'm just glad I got to see it.


*I suppose on the plus side I could always simulate the eclipse ...