Taz reminds me that it is Monday and Hunter Thompson has new article on his non-blog. There's an ad for a new book to come out in January that looks like new material, so I'm gonna buy it and then I'm gonna read it. - I am.
wKen likes raisinette so I'm voting for him for president in 2004. So does jennet.radio.
Amarone della Valpolicella
In fact, people have been enjoying wine made appassimento (from dried grapes) since the time of the Romans. This highly sought after, Port-ish wine comes from Italy just North of Verona and is known for it's intense richness. The label below is off a $10 @ Trader Joe's bottle that gives you a bargain taste, but I think it's no accident it comes from Conte di Bregonzo.
As the sun's light traveled through our atmosphere yesterday just before sunset, it created a solar-atmospheric refraction effect known as sundogs, or parhelia, two bright spots 22° from the sun:
The picture above shows the northern dog, and it appears to be a vertical pillar of light. Here is a link to a photo of both sundogs, the northern and the southern parhelion which looks like a horizontal bar.
Les Cowley has an excellent website detailing atmospheric optics that is certainly worth a visit, and Ned Rozell has written this very accessable short explanation of sundogs.
