by neufer » Wed Oct 13, 2021 2:07 pm
Chris Peterson wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 4:07 am
markb212 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 13, 2021 3:54 am
Did anyone notice that Ms. Hamilton was apparently asked if she had "plans to take up
astrology ... "? Sigh. Depressing. Maybe the questioner considered horoscopes (horrorscopes?) a legitimate way to predict encounters with meteors; but probably not. Still, it's interesting to think her rock might have caused the fireball over Lake Louise.
It would be more accurate to say that the meteorite that fell through her roof was a remnant of the body that created the meteor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illustrated_Man wrote:
Ray Bradbury's Kaleidoscope: <<The crew of a space ship drift helplessly through space after their craft malfunctions. The story describes the final thoughts and conversations of the crew members as they face their death. The narrator bitterly reflects on his life and feels he has accomplished nothing worthwhile ("I'll burn like a meteor. I wonder if anyone'll see me"). His final thought is a wish that his life would at least be worth something to someone else. As he falls through Earth's atmosphere and is incinerated, he appears as a shooting star to a child in Illinois. "Look! A shooting star!" And mommy says "Make a wish!"
- The Illustrated Man is a 1951 collection of 18 science fiction short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. A recurring theme throughout the stories is the conflict of the cold mechanics of technology and the psychology of people. >>
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=horror wrote:
<<horror (n.) early 14c., "feeling of disgust;" directly from Latin horror "dread, veneration, religious awe," a figurative use, literally "a shaking, trembling (as with cold or fear), shudder, chill," from horrere "to bristle with fear, shudder.">>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horoscope wrote:
<<The Latin word horoscopus, ultimately from Greek ὡρόσκοπος "nativity, horoscope", "observer of the hour [of birth]", from ὥρα "time, hour" and σκόπος "observer, watcher". In Middle English texts from the 11th century, the word appears in the Latin form and is anglicized to horoscope in Early Modern English. In Greek, ὡρόσκοπος in the sense of "ascendant" – not only of the time of someone's birth, but more generally of any significant event – and ὡροσκοπία "observation of the ascendant" is in use since Ptolemy.>>
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Did anyone notice that Ms. Hamilton was apparently asked if she had "plans to take up [I]astrology[/I] ... "? Sigh. Depressing. Maybe the questioner considered horoscopes (horrorscopes?) a legitimate way to predict encounters with meteors; but probably not. Still, it's interesting to think her rock might have caused the fireball over Lake Louise.
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It would be more accurate to say that the meteorite that fell through her roof was a remnant of the body that created the meteor.[/quote][quote=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illustrated_Man]
[b]Ray Bradbury's Kaleidoscope: <<The crew of a space ship drift helplessly through space after their craft malfunctions. The story describes the final thoughts and conversations of the crew members as they face their death. The narrator bitterly reflects on his life and feels he has accomplished nothing worthwhile ("[i][color=#0000FF]I'll burn like a meteor. I wonder if anyone'll see me[/color][/i]"). His final thought is a wish that his life would at least be worth something to someone else. As he falls through Earth's atmosphere and is incinerated, he appears as a shooting star to a child in Illinois. "[i][color=#0000FF]Look! A shooting star![/color][/i]" And mommy says "[i][color=#0000FF]Make a wish![/color][/i]"[/b]
- The Illustrated Man is a 1951 collection of 18 science fiction short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. A recurring theme throughout the stories is the conflict of the cold mechanics of technology and the psychology of people. >>[/quote][quote=https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=horror]
<<horror (n.) early 14c., "feeling of disgust;" directly from Latin horror "dread, veneration, religious awe," a figurative use, literally "a shaking, trembling (as with cold or fear), shudder, chill," from horrere "to bristle with fear, shudder.">>[/quote][quote=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horoscope]
<<The Latin word horoscopus, ultimately from Greek ὡρόσκοπος "nativity, horoscope", "observer of the hour [of birth]", from ὥρα "time, hour" and σκόπος "observer, watcher". In Middle English texts from the 11th century, the word appears in the Latin form and is anglicized to horoscope in Early Modern English. In Greek, ὡρόσκοπος in the sense of "ascendant" – not only of the time of someone's birth, but more generally of any significant event – and ὡροσκοπία "observation of the ascendant" is in use since Ptolemy.>> [/quote]