Semi-Darkness

The first night when the Christmas lights are off are always sad and dark, figuratively and literally. Taking a picture

from the same spot as last night shows that the camera still sees plenty of light, primarily by taking a 30-second photo, where my regular, old eyeballs see the scene as being MUCH darker. With the Moon just rising over behind the house and the big, backyard tree, it’s just the porch light, the street light over my head, and a couple of neighborhood porch lights. In the end, that’s more than enough so that the darkness isn’t complete enough by any means to see many stars at all, while also not being bright enough to be of much good.

We’re caught in the middle.

My beloved Chiefs prevailed today in the AFC Division Championship game (whatever it’s called – the second round of the playoffs) and will move on to host the AFC Conference Championship game next Sunday evening. I’ll take it since I am nervous about next week’s potential to be a complete and total clusterfuck.

As a side note, while I try to keep this site more or less PG-rated, I do notice that certain pithy four-letter, Anglo-Saxon terms have started getting more relevant and more frequently used in general by me, and could end up sneaking in here more often. I disagree with old maxim that use of those words shows you have a limited vocabulary. I have a wonderful vocabulary, and I think I have pretty good command of it, but the Universe seems to be deteriorating rapidly, and sometimes those words are the most appropriate ones.

Just a heads up…