Aliens Invade Centreville, Virginia

Wow...this one is a little too close to home. While I don't live in Centreville, Virginia, I do live somewhwere close by and so the thought of an alien invasion makes me shudder just a bit. Of course, the odds that this is a real alien invasion are pretty low...though since we live near Washington, D.C. if the Aliens are going to come, they'll probably come here first (assuming New York is destroyed). As for the milder explanation that this is just another plane landing at Dulles Airport (about 10 miles away), well, that is no fun. So let's go with the Alien invasion thing!

United Squeezes One More Passenger On-Board

Well...here is something you don't often see...but I guess happens all of the time. On my flight from Denver to Dulles last week, I happened to look out the window to see United add just one more passenger to its flight. Apparently, sold out doesn't really mean sold out sometimes. 

Holy crap!

Circular Rainbow (with plane inside)

So...here is my once-in-a-lifetime event. My wife and I were flying to Miami a little while ago and happened to look out the window to see this amazing circular rainbow. Now, I know "all" rainbows are in fact circular, but given that 99% of us see them from the ground, it almost never looks that way.

Then it didn't end there. While we were mesmerized by the rainbow itself, as we watched, things got even more amazing when we noticed the shadow of our plane *inside* the rainbow.

Absolutely amazing. Has anyone ever seen this phenomenon?

Full disclosure...other than adding a little contrast via Picassa, I have made no changes to these photos. And if you want to know more about circular rainbows...check out this link: http://www.wonderquest.com/rainbow-circle.htm

A Pictorial Review of My Twitter Followers

As I crossed over 4000 followers on Twitter, I thought I would go back and see exactly who has been following me and my tweets. Sure, there are a lot of "normal" people that are following me (and I am following them too), but I have also noticed a lot of other...umm... interesting tweeters that are also among my followers. 

Here is a quick pictorial review of some of those folks. Thanks again to all of you who have decided to share your insights and ideas with me. And thanks also to um...everyone else

Twitter Bird: Apparently, this is the preferred Avatar of much of Twitterdom. Come on people!

Twitter Thingies: The second most popular image. Um...nice try.

Fruits and Vegetables: Huh, who knew that fruits and vegetables were also into Twitter

Children: Looks like current generation is starting early with their Twittering

Hot Girls: Lots of hot girls seem to want to follow me. Shame that Twitter didn't exist when I was in college.

Shirtless Guys:  Well, um, Okay. I mean, seriously?

Scary Dudes: Whatever I did...I am sorry. Please leave me alone.

Animals: Apparently, everyone is joining Twitter now. 

Money: Well, if it is on Twitter...it must be true. 

Famous People: Some how I doubt that I am this popular. But hey, Einstein is cool.

So...who are your best followers? Any other great ones out there?