Supermoon Supercomic

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May 2 2012 12:54 PM

Supermoon Supercomic

Apropos of my last post...

This Sci-ence webcomic went up around the same time I posted my Supermoon deflation a few hours ago.

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COINCIDENCE?

Well, yeah. Still, funny.

And man. Those two women must really be tired of me. First the Moon Illusion in the park, and now this.


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