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14 August 2006

Weird electromagnetic things happening right now... →[More:]Um, yeah.

A flashlight which happens to be sitting on the dining room table just flashed at me- a sustained flash of about 2 seconds. I checked it, and nothing's loose, and it wasn't on. It's got an LED bulb and I watched the beam of opaque light on my shirt.

Earlier, I flicked a light switch and the flourescent bulb in there, brand new, was flickering. Not supposed to happen. Once it worked itself out it became insanely bright.

And the Wifi network is a total wreck- flying one minute, toast the next.

What's going on and is it to be expected that I'm slightly unnerved by it?

post by: moonbird at: 21:13 | 11 comments

the mothership is descending.

posted by quonsar 14 August | 21:25

put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip, and step on board the mothership...

posted by jonmc 14 August | 21:35

GET OUT OF THE HOUSE!

posted by mike9322 14 August | 21:55

It's coming from inside the house!

I have no idea why such things would happen, but yes, it is to be expected that you would be slightly unnerved by it. I'd be freaked the fuck out.

posted by occhiblu 14 August | 23:32

Don't worry, it's a glitch in the Matrix. We have 'people' on it.

posted by signal 15 August | 01:30

Third vote for the mothership, and if you don't have a Parliament album or CD, you should start downloading NOW!

posted by PlanetKyoto 15 August | 02:04

Hm. Seems like solar/geophyscial activity is low at the moment.

This is very curious... ask around tomorrow, moonbird, and see if anyone else experienced anything strange.

posted by taz 15 August | 02:22

Any odd noises on the radio? AM, FM, TV interference? Maybe your neighbor is playing with his railgun.

posted by warbaby 15 August | 09:17

I'm sure it was just someone playing "Nuclear War" by Sun Ra, everytime that gets played all hell breaks loose.

posted by Divine_Wino 15 August | 13:27

Also had the overhead light in my car come on this morning while I driving to work... Martians?! OH NOES!!!11

posted by moonbird 15 August | 13:34

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posted by danostuporstar 15 August | 13:59

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