Free rent, privacy, quiet. These are just a few things that house sitters enjoy. When I hear that someone is going on a trip and needs a sitter I jump on the rare opportunity like a fat kid on butterfingers. This temporary change is welcome to someone like me who has tasted the freedom of independence but can't afford to live on his own. I've been here for two days and I love it.
I'm a block away from the Corydon area. I love the fact that my bank, a comic book store and a falafel restaurant are right around the corner. Joy :)
In other news a 400m asteroid came within 200,000 km of our planet, closer than the moon's orbit! It was traveling at 30,000 mph.
I wonder what kind of impact it would have had if it hit Earth.
200,000 km from the earth is close, but isn't as close as comet Apophis (due on Friday, April 13, 2029 - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis).
ReplyDeleteOn Friday, April 13, 2029 comet Apophis will be within the orbit of geo-synchronous satellites (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosynchronous_orbit), which a mere 30,000km to 40,000km from Earth.
So, in 2029 it will be the closest one yet since the days of the dinosaurs!
Hmm... I think I'll try to be somewhere other than on Earth when the next comet flies by. I wouldn't want to be here if their projections are off by 30,000-40,000kms!
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