The Word B

today (this afternoon) was the transit of venus. this is where the planet of venus crossed over the sun. it was an astronomical event, as well, i am sure an astrological event. although i am not sure if the transit of venus had anything to do about the roman goddess cathcing a bus. i tried to look at the sun with my two pairs of sunglasses on, but still couldn't see shit, despite the fact that one of them is polarized. i think i nearly blinded myself in the process. i also tried to used the cardboard trick with the hole cut out and view the projection of the image. this was a total failure (has anyone ever been successful at this?). so i decided my best course of action was to take a nap. this however, turned out to be a success. and when i woke up the sun was set. so i turned on the television, tuned into the news and saw the images of venus's transit across the sun. it looked pretty cool. apparently it was the first time in about 186 years that venus has done this. the next occurance is in 2012, so there is a chance to see it once more in our life time, if you missed it today.
i heard a story that the first person to predict this sort of event was considered a fool by his contemporaries. i am still holding out for the discovery of martians. i don't care what anybody has to say in argument to that.