Okay, so the first thing amazing thing is this really fantastic bit of Improv/Performance Art/Plain ol’ Coolness from the folks at Improv Everywhere: Frozen In Grand Central!

According to their website: Improv Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 70 missions involving thousands of undercover agents. The group is based in New York City. A couple of years ago they did a similar event with slo-mo in a Home Depot store, and it was really neat. I love this! Thanks to Emily for pointing me toward it!

The second really amazing thing for today is the Lunar Eclipse!! It’s going on right now, and I just came in a few minutes ago from freezing my butt off on the back porch watching the eclipse. Amazing. The universe is just amazing. I mean, here we are, on this planet, and I’m looking at our shadow…On The Moon. Approximately 240,000 miles away. Events like this have an incredible way of pointing out just how small we are, don’t they? And how we’re all one. That’s us – all of us – blocking out the sunlight. That shadow is everyone on Earth! I tried making a little bunny shadow puppet, but I’m not sure it worked because the whole time delay thing confused me (it takes about 1.4 seconds for light to reach the moon from here, and about 1.4 seconds for it to come back. So, in theory, I could’ve seen my bunny on the moon 2.8 seconds after I made it…but I got distracted and forgot to look, and it was just too cold out to try again.) But the point is, it MIGHT’VE worked. Because tonight, folks, we cast a shadow on the moon. And I think that’s amazing.

The third amazing thing tonight…is my son. I had a great afternoon and evening with him. We ran errands, had some Chinese food (he loves Orange Chicken!), replaced a lost stuffed animal of his, did a lot of chatting and joking about life, 2nd grade, The Justice League and other important stuff, and had some seriously good Quality Time. It was sorely needed, by both of us, and at the end of the night when I tucked him in he hugged me long and tight and said “Dad, I really love you. Thanks for one of the best days ever.” And I told him I loved him too, and hugged him back for a long time.

So, hey! 3 Amazing Things in one day… I like it.

Looking forward to what tomorrow brings!