Skywatch No. 39

It looks like I've skipped a week. A great number of things have happened recently, about which precisely none I could dredge up the energy or motivation to write. I'm not sure that last sentence even made sense.

Anyhow, it appears that moody clouds have been the fashion of late.

Other Things That Happened Recently:

• Obama spoke at University of Michigan's commencement last Saturday, which I had been unduly excited about until realizing that because timing was bad, it might involve having nowhere to stay, bumming rides off of people, and other assorted inconveniences. Fortunately, you can watch it here.

• This is strangely addicting.

A2 Google Fiber

You know when Google announced their Google Fiber project and suddenly every US city started pulling stunts like jumping into lakes and chilling with sharks and... I don't know, riding flaming cows or something? Yeah, that.

So Ann Arbor (MI) decided to get its gig on today. What did everyone do? Lined up on the campus square and chanted and waved their arms around and in general looked rather silly.

Here's a little stop-motion. I had no video.

Everyone was sent notices of "Hey! Flash mob at noon!" Not quite what it really ended up being, though. I'm all for Ann Arbor, hurrah and all that, but I supposed I just imagined something more dignified. Or more energetic, and less staged. One or the other.

Skywatch No. 27

The days are shorter, the branches barer, the air colder. On one of the warmer nights I went out to wander campus with a camera and found the iconic belltower lit against a jewel-toned sky.

Nice change from having no inspiration at all for the past few months.