Solar Flare
Joyce laughed about as loud as I’d ever seen her last night. We were watching a favorite program, Resident Alien, about a space alien, assigned to annihilate mankind, crash-lands on a glacier near an idyllic town, and assumes the identity of a medical doctor named Harry Vanderspeigle. Sounds hilarious, right? Well, trust me, it is. It reminds of ‘Northern Exposure’, though with a science fiction twist. With great acting and cinematography, it’s a comedy of moral dilemma that is funny, sweet, dramatic, and just a bit horrifying, all in one episode. In last night’s episode, Harry runs a scenario through his mind considering the plus or minus effects of physically fighting an adversary. The consequence is that during the fight he slams his opponent against his refrigerator. The next scene is with a refrigerator repairman who yaks on and on about his passion as a landscape photographer… and he lives with his momma. Harry decides the fight isn’t worth the outcome. I reckon you had to be there. Joyce, however, found that quite amusing and roared laughing. Just to let you know, I don’t resemble that character in any way whatsoever.
One of the scenes of that episode was shot against the sun, with a beautiful lens flare. That happens when bright subjects bounce off all the elements of a lens. It just so happens that I was working on this image, and it struck me just how beautiful it is. The East Fork Overlook at Milepost 418.3 on the Blue Ridge Parkway gave a nice view with the long lens as the sun rose through a cloud layer over the mountains.
Yesterday, cellphone carriers throughout the United States inexplicably shut down. Reasons of various sorts were tossed around, most likely of which was a solar flare. Per typical, major media couldn’t get their story straight. Today, it was explained as programming errors… but for most every major carrier? Not very likely. It was probably more nefarious than that. I think I’ll take Harry Vanderspeigle’s approach, and just stick with the solar flare.
If you’re perhaps curious, Resident Alien is now on Netflix.
Solar Flare
Joyce laughed about as loud as I’d ever seen her last night. We were watching a favorite program, Resident Alien, about a space alien, assigned to annihilate mankind, crash-lands on a glacier near an idyllic town, and assumes the identity of a medical doctor named Harry Vanderspeigle. Sounds hilarious, right? Well, trust me, it is. It reminds of ‘Northern Exposure’, though with a science fiction twist. With great acting and cinematography, it’s a comedy of moral dilemma that is funny, sweet, dramatic, and just a bit horrifying, all in one episode. In last night’s episode, Harry runs a scenario through his mind considering the plus or minus effects of physically fighting an adversary. The consequence is that during the fight he slams his opponent against his refrigerator. The next scene is with a refrigerator repairman who yaks on and on about his passion as a landscape photographer… and he lives with his momma. Harry decides the fight isn’t worth the outcome. I reckon you had to be there. Joyce, however, found that quite amusing and roared laughing. Just to let you know, I don’t resemble that character in any way whatsoever.
One of the scenes of that episode was shot against the sun, with a beautiful lens flare. That happens when bright subjects bounce off all the elements of a lens. It just so happens that I was working on this image, and it struck me just how beautiful it is. The East Fork Overlook at Milepost 418.3 on the Blue Ridge Parkway gave a nice view with the long lens as the sun rose through a cloud layer over the mountains.
Yesterday, cellphone carriers throughout the United States inexplicably shut down. Reasons of various sorts were tossed around, most likely of which was a solar flare. Per typical, major media couldn’t get their story straight. Today, it was explained as programming errors… but for most every major carrier? Not very likely. It was probably more nefarious than that. I think I’ll take Harry Vanderspeigle’s approach, and just stick with the solar flare.
If you’re perhaps curious, Resident Alien is now on Netflix.