Nutty Hubby: Apparently not only is today the equinox, but there was a total solar eclipse. The catch? It was only viewable from Europe.
Me: Whatever. One day we’ll be rich enough for me to chase interesting natural phenomena. You hear that, eclipses? One lottery win for us and then NO ESCAPE FOR YOU.
Nutty Hubby: Thanks, you’ve doomed us to an enormous solar flare which wipes out all electronics on Earth the day we win the lottery.
Me: You’re welcome.
Sorry, Earth, but a winner without WIFI is still a winner.
Spoken Like A True Nut 
Oh, not sure a winner without wifi is a winner. Must. Compute.
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I once spent three weeks on a cruise ship studiously avoiding the expensive onboard internet at all costs (excluding one or two mandatory gloating Facebook updates). It can be done!
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I live in the UK and was watching the eclipse. It was cloudy and so I only managed an ominous picture of a smily face in the sky. I don’t think you missed much this time. Next total eclipse is in 2026 apparently so plan ahead!
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I saw some pretty amazing pictures of it taken in Norway. But I’m sure if I’d been there it would have instantly clouded over, because the weather hates me.
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Years ago Forbidden Planet became one of my favorite movies because of one of the first scenes: the skipper played by Leslie “Don’t Call Me Shirley” Nielsen remarks how amazing it is that their spaceship can arrange its own eclipses. And I loved it that the jaded space guys were still awed by the spectacle.
Forget traveling the world. Put that lottery money into a spaceship that you can pilot around. And as a bonus you’ll be safe from that enormous solar flare.
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Finally, somebody who talks sense.
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