I’d say this needs a bit more work.

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I’d say this needs a bit more work.


As a follow up to my Eclipse post, I’d like to give credit where credit is due. During our vigil in Brownwood, Texas, the chap below – Phil – had come with a very serious telescope. He actually drove from San Francisco to get it safely there, which takes day. The amazing images you saw in my post were creating by him, and those were just a sneak peek of the 1,000+ he took.

Let me cut to the chase at once. This is what we saw. In Texas. Where it was totally cloudy. But I managed to make this adventure a success. This is one of the 1,000 pictures our friend took.

Preface to all nine parts: today is Eclipse Day, so I am giving myself an exceptionally rare day off. I have no idea if I'll see anything, because there's so much cloud cover. In spite of that, I had devoted the entire day to this quest, so I'm setting up some posts in advance so my dear readers do not get bored. Once this all blows over, I'll be sure to tell you about whatever adventures I had during my Texas journey.
I’ve had a lifelong fascination with wealth and, more recently, wealth disparity (for proof, look no further than the SocialTrade stack on this very topic). I grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in a happy, financially-secure, but very much middle-class family. We lived in this house:
