Showing posts with label Space Oddity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Space Oddity. Show all posts

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Space VERY Oddity (or, We know Major Tom's a wino)

Ground Control to Major Tom Collins
Ground Control to Major Tom Collins
Take your senses out  and put your ice cubes in
Ground Control to Major Tom Collins (Ten, Nine , etc)
Commencing counting , that's ten tonic and gins
Check ignition and may God's aspirin be with you (Two,One,Liftoff)

This is Ground Control to Major Tom Collins
You’ve really made the grape
And there's booze stains  on the shirts you wear
Now it’s time to leave the bar stool if you dare

This is Major Tom Collins to Ground Control
I’m stepping through the door
And I’m floating in the most peculiar way
And the bars look very different today
For here am I sitting with my gin Man
Far above the world
Planet Earth is Blue Curacoa
And there’s nothing I can do a doacoa

Though I am past one hundred thousand drinks
I’m feeling thirsty still
And I think my car knows which bar next to go
Tell them I love their Gimlet , they know
Ground Control to Major Tom Collins
Your circuit's  dead , there's something wrong
That's beer number three , Major Tom  !
That's beer number three , Major Tom  !
That's beer number three , Major Tom !
That's beer number --- For here am I sitting with my gin Man
Far above the world
Planet Earth is Blue Curacoa
And there’s nothing I can do a doacoa

(Idea by my friend Vandu)

Saturday, February 16, 2013

2012 (DA 14) A Space Oddity

2012 DA 14 escaped from the Asteroid Belt.Who can blame it ! Imagine drifting around in an imperfect circle  for a billion years.No internet, no TV, nothing to read, nobody to chat with...Nothing to do  except  tolerate a lot of surreal pebbles wobbling past you.

DA 14 flew past our planet yesterday. They say it came dangerously close. Really ? So long as it didn't cause a jam on Sheikh Zayed Road , Dubai, UAE  I'm okay with the distance.

Besides, not only was it not visible to the naked eye,I couldn't even see it with my glasses on. And you know how it is with  telescopes.You go in to buy one and come out with a smartphone instead.It's all pretty much more Android than asteroid out there.

Oh yeah,another thing the Asteroid Belt lacks is fun apps. Let alone Angry Birds , you'd be lucky  to find even a mildly upset one.