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The handful of videos I've seen of the Russian comet or meteor that just fell are making me think two things.

1) To quote someone elsewhere, in Mother Russia, you don't brake for anything. Not even the world-ending fiery apocalypse.

2) I know we're only seeing tapes from people who happened to have cameras running while driving, which is not the usual case, but in the back of my head it feels like everyone who drives in Russia must have cameras running all the time, which is an odd concept.

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Wow. Now that I've seen a couple more videos with the sound of the shock wave at the end, I realize how terrifying this must have been. I would have thought my city had just been bombed. I feel for the people who were in the area.

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My clever plan to get enough sleep was foiled by my brain deciding that being up at 5:15 was a really great idea.

At least I have time to not only shower this morning, but also to get my stuff together for being in Chicago and Evanston this weekend. I wasn't sure about leaving town, but my dad seems to be much better and says I ought to go ahead. So I'll stop by and visit on the way out of town. I'll probably come back Sunday morning and stop in again on the way *into* town too. But he was feeling much better last night, which means that I am too.