timing
so jupiter's in the sky. and there's a super nova peaking in m101. so b got out the telescope and set it up. only to discover that it's pretty difficult to aim it at anything other than the moon. cheap ass parents. sheehs. so anywho, why did he pick tonight of all nights? he gave up and came in to watch minecraft videos. i walked into the room, it's thundering and lightning outside and is about to rain. this is a rare enough occurrence that they thought i was joking. really? they said. thunderstorms are actually kinda rare here. but we did get one last night. so they raced outside to gather up the table ladder telescope binoculars lenses etc. flash in the clouds. was that lightning? yes. i don't think so. then there was a nice pretty bolt to the ground lit up the world. THAT was lightning. i don't hear any thunder. 10 seconds later. do you hear thunder now? what? do you hear thunder now? what? i couldn't hear you because of the thunder. nm.