Sunday, January 25, 2009

The Phases of the Moon


It's Chinese New Year. Be sure to eat your black-eyed bamboo shoots.

Chinese New Year is based on the Lunar Calendar. The most populous nation on earth can't help but keep track of irregular monthly cycles.

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata was written during a Waxing Gibbous moon. Mrs. Gibbous later moved to Brazil where her scandalous grooming procedures slanted the other way.

4 Comments:

At 2:08 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

Well, your chart explains it. One night under a gibbous moon, I saw the neighborhood Goth transform into a barista before my very eyes.

 
At 10:38 PM, Blogger Brian Bannon said...

If only the moon had free wifi.

 
At 10:57 PM, Blogger jonnythecomedian said...

lol very clever...very veryf unny posts man keep up the awesome work

http://comedianreviews.blogspot.com/

 
At 10:06 PM, Blogger Brian Bannon said...

Thanks jonny, but I hope I'm not a bad influence on you. I'm still mostly aspiring myself.

"It's never too late to learn guitar."--the voice of God I sometimes hear in the rustling leaves.

 

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