Equinox

[marcmagus]

Overslept by about an hour, but still got up in time to celebrate the equinox by balancing an egg. Took pictures.

Maybe reflections or something later. Right now am an odd combination of cranky (at Verizon) and satisfied (at biking, fixing Verizon, and baking, among other things).

Comments

[thescaryfaery.livejournal.com]

Were you aware you can balance an egg any time of year? even a raw egg?

[marcmagus]

Never got around to trying (never got around to trying it on the equinox until this past spring, although I'd been meaning to for years) . . . but you can bet I will now.

[ladymedb.livejournal.com]

I need to go home to do my ritual. But here is a tidbit for you:

http://badastronomy.com/bad/misc/egg_spin.html

I thought you'd enjoy the Bad Astronomer.

[marcmagus]

Thanks. For some reason, at least in my memory, my father shared that particular tidbit with me; and I tend to trust him on that sort of thing.

Especially since it was combined with having learned that the trick to balancing an egg was to use a hard-boiled egg.

Stupid Egg Tricks

[gaerfindel.livejournal.com]

Odd, I had always understood the reverse: It's easire to balance a raw egg than a hard-boiled one. The yolk of a raw egg lowers it's centre of mass, thus providing for better balance.

[miintikwa.livejournal.com]

Hi.

Thanks for sharing the pics. I always forget about these things.

I did do ritual, tho, and that was nice! *hug* How're you?

--K