Here we are at 20 Questions Tuesday. Instead of the format used in the past 2 installments I have brought back the begging for questions. The simple topic I lobbed their direction was “The Sun.” This time the begging brought forth fruit. My guess is that people like the sun.
Thanks this week go to Belsum, Capt McArmypants, Allrileyedup, Lord Pithy, and Lsig.
On to the questions:
1. Every morning while I was in Syria I would sing “Here Comes the Sun” to myself. What’s your favorite George Harrison song?
I would have to go with “Got my Mind Set on You”
2. My nickname all through school was Sunny. Did you have any nickname and do you still use it?
As far as I know I was nicknameless, this statement does not include what I might have been referred to behind my back.
3. I have a tattoo of a sun on my left hip. Any tattoos?
Of course, I am all tatted up... ok well not quite all tatted up
4. Do you feel the Sun judges you constantly?
…. Yeeees. I tire of it’s unyielding stare. I will have my day, Sun. I will have it!
5. Do you have a plan for the hot hot sun making your steering wheel unbearably hot to the touch or do you just go ow ow ow for the first 5 minutes of the ride home? Is that even a problem in Ohio?
I have not really had this issue much here. In ‘Bama? sure, but here? not so much.
6. So you seem to be just about the palest human in the world? It is like deep sea fish belly white. Is there some sort of eventual goal to this like bioluminescence that you are going for?
One should always strive for bioluminescence. I am just closer than most.
7. Solar Power? Do you think the orbital collectors will be our eventual salvation or about the same time we can make them cost effective, the ground based solar farm efficiency will have improved to be competitive and much easier to maintain making it a superior trade off in terms of logistics v. efficiency. Does the solar orbital stations remain more appealing due to the Death Laser from Space appeal? (don't go spouting that nonsense about death laser from earth that is bounced by mirror back to earth crap either.)
I think that for solar to be our energy savior; it will most likely have to be a combination of ground stations and orbital collection systems. As for the “death laser” situation, that would have to be from an orbital platform. Ground based with mirrors is stupid. If a mirror allows for reflecting the “deadly laser” back to a target, shouldn’t it destroy the mirror? Otherwise, why wouldn’t potential targets just cover themselves in mirrors?
8. So that one sunflower that does not follow the sun's path. Is he like stupid or something?
Capt McArmypants, you are that sunflower that does not follow the sun, you tell me. Are you stupid, or something?
9. Ever heard the sun song by they might be giants? What’d you think of it?
I think: the Sun is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace where hydrogen is turned into helium at a temperature of billions of degrees (without looking it up)
10. Favorite sports team named after the suns? Isn’t a bit brazen to name your team the suns, anyway? “Look at us, we are the brightest shining star in our solar system; don't even look at us for we will BURN YOUR EYES!!!! BWAHAHAHA!!!” (um, sorry...)
As far as I know, the Phoenix Suns are the only solar named team.
11. Favorite song titles to make use of the sun?
The aforementioned “Here Comes the Sun”
12. Does Little Man stare directly at the sun the moment you tell him not to or is that just something my defiant children do?
I have chosen not to tell him not to stare directly at the sun for this very reason. For Little Man is a contrary beast.
13. Sunrise or sunset? (Now I’m thinking of fiddler on the roof...)
Now, all I can think of is Fiddler on the Roof as well. Thanks a bunch! Jerk.
14. Posit a plasma entity that resides on Sol's surface. What would a typical small-talk conversation starter be?
Unintelligible and burny
15. Would the Brady kids really have been brave enough to "go for a walk outside now" if the summer sun had really been calling their names?
I don’t think so. When large balls of nuclear energy call your name from 93,000,000 miles, you don’t answer without considering the consequences
16. Who is your favorite sun god?
You have to ask? Kinich Ahau
17. If our sun were a red dwarf, would we call cherries "reds"? What would we call oranges?
If the sun were a red dwarf we would not be.
18. If you had a suit that allowed you to survive the trip, would you dive through the heart of our star?
Probably not. My eyes are extremely photo-sensitive anyway, so traveling into a super bright light is not the smartest of ideas for me. Plus that doesn’t even begin to address the physics associated with breaking free of those kinds of gravitational forces.
19. Why do you think in many cultures the Sun was considered a male diety?
Cause they were bright… ooooh burn!
20. Do you use sunscreen?
For the upper body, yes. Not so much on the legs.
Extra Questions:
21. Do you wear sunglasses?
All the time.
22. At night?
Well, I guess not exactly all the time, Ms Corey Hart.
23. I have heard that there's nothing new under the sun. Do you think there's anything new over it?
Everything new is over it.
To recap:
I am not into this today
Therefore I decree there will be no hyperlinks!
Different meaning to the sentence if you change it to:
I am not into this toady
Cause I am not all about the sycophants like that, yo!
I am trying to figure out a way to get me some Iron Man viewing in this weekend
I am failing miserably
here comes the sun,
doot in doo doo,
And I say it's all right
Little darling,
it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling,
it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun,
doot in doo doo,
here comes the sun
And I say it's all right
Little darling,
the smile's returning to the faces
Little darling,
it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun,
doot in doo doo,
here comes the sun
And I say it's all right
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Little darling,
I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling,
it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun,
doot in doo doo,
here comes the sun,
And I say it's all right
Here comes the sun,
doot in doo doo,
here comes the sun,
It's all right
It's all right
Thanks this week go to Belsum, Capt McArmypants, Allrileyedup, Lord Pithy, and Lsig.
On to the questions:
1. Every morning while I was in Syria I would sing “Here Comes the Sun” to myself. What’s your favorite George Harrison song?
I would have to go with “Got my Mind Set on You”
2. My nickname all through school was Sunny. Did you have any nickname and do you still use it?
As far as I know I was nicknameless, this statement does not include what I might have been referred to behind my back.
3. I have a tattoo of a sun on my left hip. Any tattoos?
Of course, I am all tatted up... ok well not quite all tatted up
4. Do you feel the Sun judges you constantly?
…. Yeeees. I tire of it’s unyielding stare. I will have my day, Sun. I will have it!
5. Do you have a plan for the hot hot sun making your steering wheel unbearably hot to the touch or do you just go ow ow ow for the first 5 minutes of the ride home? Is that even a problem in Ohio?
I have not really had this issue much here. In ‘Bama? sure, but here? not so much.
6. So you seem to be just about the palest human in the world? It is like deep sea fish belly white. Is there some sort of eventual goal to this like bioluminescence that you are going for?
One should always strive for bioluminescence. I am just closer than most.
7. Solar Power? Do you think the orbital collectors will be our eventual salvation or about the same time we can make them cost effective, the ground based solar farm efficiency will have improved to be competitive and much easier to maintain making it a superior trade off in terms of logistics v. efficiency. Does the solar orbital stations remain more appealing due to the Death Laser from Space appeal? (don't go spouting that nonsense about death laser from earth that is bounced by mirror back to earth crap either.)
I think that for solar to be our energy savior; it will most likely have to be a combination of ground stations and orbital collection systems. As for the “death laser” situation, that would have to be from an orbital platform. Ground based with mirrors is stupid. If a mirror allows for reflecting the “deadly laser” back to a target, shouldn’t it destroy the mirror? Otherwise, why wouldn’t potential targets just cover themselves in mirrors?
8. So that one sunflower that does not follow the sun's path. Is he like stupid or something?
Capt McArmypants, you are that sunflower that does not follow the sun, you tell me. Are you stupid, or something?
9. Ever heard the sun song by they might be giants? What’d you think of it?
I think: the Sun is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace where hydrogen is turned into helium at a temperature of billions of degrees (without looking it up)
10. Favorite sports team named after the suns? Isn’t a bit brazen to name your team the suns, anyway? “Look at us, we are the brightest shining star in our solar system; don't even look at us for we will BURN YOUR EYES!!!! BWAHAHAHA!!!” (um, sorry...)
As far as I know, the Phoenix Suns are the only solar named team.
11. Favorite song titles to make use of the sun?
The aforementioned “Here Comes the Sun”
12. Does Little Man stare directly at the sun the moment you tell him not to or is that just something my defiant children do?
I have chosen not to tell him not to stare directly at the sun for this very reason. For Little Man is a contrary beast.
13. Sunrise or sunset? (Now I’m thinking of fiddler on the roof...)
Now, all I can think of is Fiddler on the Roof as well. Thanks a bunch! Jerk.
14. Posit a plasma entity that resides on Sol's surface. What would a typical small-talk conversation starter be?
Unintelligible and burny
15. Would the Brady kids really have been brave enough to "go for a walk outside now" if the summer sun had really been calling their names?
I don’t think so. When large balls of nuclear energy call your name from 93,000,000 miles, you don’t answer without considering the consequences
16. Who is your favorite sun god?
You have to ask? Kinich Ahau
17. If our sun were a red dwarf, would we call cherries "reds"? What would we call oranges?
If the sun were a red dwarf we would not be.
18. If you had a suit that allowed you to survive the trip, would you dive through the heart of our star?
Probably not. My eyes are extremely photo-sensitive anyway, so traveling into a super bright light is not the smartest of ideas for me. Plus that doesn’t even begin to address the physics associated with breaking free of those kinds of gravitational forces.
19. Why do you think in many cultures the Sun was considered a male diety?
Cause they were bright… ooooh burn!
20. Do you use sunscreen?
For the upper body, yes. Not so much on the legs.
Extra Questions:
21. Do you wear sunglasses?
All the time.
22. At night?
Well, I guess not exactly all the time, Ms Corey Hart.
23. I have heard that there's nothing new under the sun. Do you think there's anything new over it?
Everything new is over it.
To recap:
I am not into this today
Therefore I decree there will be no hyperlinks!
Different meaning to the sentence if you change it to:
I am not into this toady
Cause I am not all about the sycophants like that, yo!
I am trying to figure out a way to get me some Iron Man viewing in this weekend
I am failing miserably
here comes the sun,
doot in doo doo,
And I say it's all right
Little darling,
it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling,
it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun,
doot in doo doo,
here comes the sun
And I say it's all right
Little darling,
the smile's returning to the faces
Little darling,
it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun,
doot in doo doo,
here comes the sun
And I say it's all right
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Little darling,
I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling,
it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun,
doot in doo doo,
here comes the sun,
And I say it's all right
Here comes the sun,
doot in doo doo,
here comes the sun,
It's all right
It's all right