Broom-Balancing at Equinox: For Real?
DNews Ed-In-Chief Lori Cuthbert (follow her Tumblr here) has the scoop:
A rash of people are claiming to be able to suddenly stand their brooms on end. The brushy end, that is.
Some folks think this has something to do with the coming of spring, or the vernal equinox. The spring equinox is the moment when the sun crosses its equator on its way North, signaling the end of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and the start of it in the Southern Hemisphere. That happens this year, in the Northern Hemisphere at least, on March 20 at 1:14 a.m. ET.
But why would brooms start standing at attention just now, weeks before the actual date? Because people are trying to balance their brooms just now, that’s why. I had visions of brooms worldwide jumping simultaneously upright, but since mine didn’t that couldn’t be it.
If you try to balance an old broom, like the one I use to chase my mean duck into the pond, it won’t work; it’s the wrong shape. If you use a new broom that still has a straight bottom, it’s not hard to get it to stand upright.
Photo caption: OMG! My broom is balancing! Credit: Lori Cuthbert
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*gasps* oh my god. i have to draw you
BAHAHHAHHA WTF IS THIS?!
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Absolutely beautiful paper-quilted anatomical cross-sections by artist Lisa Nilsson, reminiscent of Yulia Brodskaya’s work.
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Mississippi River Meander Belt
From the Geological Investigation of the Alluvial Valley of the Lower Mississippi River – Fisk, 1944(click picture for more maps)
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. -roosevelt
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