Thoughts on the eclipse
More boring than Y2K. Able to make you stop watching paint dry.
Look up in the sky. It’s the sun. It’s the moon. Nope, it’s a solar eclipse.
Rare occurrence that happens all the time. It came to earth with strange powers never before witnessed by those young enough to believe the hype, who, disguised as a rare phenomenon, fights a never-ending battle between science, truth and the American gullible.
Dwight F. Ferren
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