Another Warmest Year Wraps...

Every year high temp records fall

In 2022, another, highest temps of all!!

Still we're shocked, or just flat deny

But fewer babies, less oil or war..won't try

Corporate greed ramped back up

Paying workers mo', so price rises abrupt

TrumpVirus metastasizes world wide

As democracies continue to slide

Staring at a phone, pretending it's real life

Is causing poor, sad kids so much strife

Oh the drama, can't find true love on phone

Not a shocker, parents won't let 'em alone

Religious posers scream hate, on they pray

Still no heavenly help comes their way

Use science, then claim a "miracle" cure

But, bigger storms & hotter is only "for sure"

Quakes in So. Cali & on/off Puerto Rico

Other boundaries, only into low 5's they go

W/ sun, good news, it's blocking cosmic rays

But, only cuz, there's mo' solar wind our way

Auroras in Lapland are the bonus prize

Another moon/planet show w/ clear skies

Moon headed over toward red world, Mars

Noticed tonight..or just crowded in bars..

I won't be out, already crazy out there

Drunks & guns & cars..be very aware!!

Unlike xmas, of cold won't be concerned

Seems a week in the 60's we have earned

2023..seems certain population & temps'll grow

And, realistic solutions'll be a no show

GOP house has no helpful ideas or plan

Just blame everyone they can

Still we wallow in donnie's mess

As to reality, million will not confess

Earth cares not if warmer is felt

Or if the ice age continues to melt

Or if human pop & extinctions grow

Or if down mo' & mo' forests go

Basic rules, followed or ignored

As onward mo' CO2 is stored..

My 2023 bet

In 365 days, it'll be warmest yet..

Today On Earth

As small dogs play

Tug of war...

2023 wishes..

fat donnie & little vlady

DEAD!!

That would help the world

&

Maybe smallpox at vatican..:)

Human & non...

Ghina Welcome...If They Fly Southwest! RIP Pele!!

Easy way to keep infected Ghinese out

Have to book flight by giving SW a shout

Or if they wanna go, they have to stay

Seems SW really only flies one way...

As expected, the warming is here

Too bad northern rivers not ice free

Gonna find out, where is the flood plain?

If ya built on it, to yourself.. complain

This is not a once in a generation storm

This is global warming & our new norm

Tornadoes likely across south today

We burned the fossil C, now we pay

USA life expectancy is down

😱

Well, yea, w/ morbid obesity all around

Thanks oprah for making that ok

Now for the sick care we all pay

(We don't have health care

No money in that

Wait until you're sick...then

Test & probe & bill away!!

Here take this pill...)

⚽⚽⚽

Old pedophile pope is sick, who cares

But, PELE, world should be aware

He alone, made it the beautiful game

With skill & creativity, never the same

Just a genuinely wonderful man

His kind..likely never seen again

🌞

Sun is cranking, southern air

It's getting warm out there

Quite a change from a week ago

When temps fell & wind did blow

Few quakes today, plate edge shakes

Only mag 5's so very local breaks

Big sunspot gang turning our way

Last night, moon & Jupiter did play

Tonight, moon headed toward Mars

Sooo much brighter than any stars

Taurus's Aldebaran is actually bright

But, below Mars it's a feeble sight

Southern storm is our rain tomorrow

Will it today..bring dixie trailer sorrow?

Buffalo nightmare far from done

GOP...do they just lie for fun??

Easier than actually having a plan

Well, make sure power, w/ white man

Got House majority, careful what ya wish

Like dumb dog stepping on his own dish

Lotta stupidity & hate to control

New focus, Biden heads will roll

Help USA, got things done, no way

Vindictive is how the poser christian play

Rampant hypocrisy

Today On Earth!!

Colorado White Xmas

I'm betting for donnie jr

A white xmas is a different

powder..

Guess I'd do coke if he were my dad

Southern Flow Means Warming!!

The High moves east, southern air

And, there's some serious sun in here

Had to put on a hat to see the screen

Now w/ glare, windows dirtiest I've seen

Probably not...

Biggest quake today off Vanuatu

Good shakes in Ghina & Peru

Usual scene along plate boundaries

18 mountains setting the lava free

Sun quiet now, but big spots out back

New year could see new solar attack

New year forecast; a warming week

Cold snap just sign of climate freak

Trap & hold energy

Wilder times we gonna see

Old king of pedophiles fading fast

As usual, prayers no hope will cast

Still we breed on & deny

That parental planning we should try

New GOP from Long Island..lied

But, bet most have lots to hide

As a liar he should fit right in

Cheat, redistrict, lie's how they win

Time to go, dog needs a walk

Seems readership is set to balk..

Today On Earth

Nice view

So-so food

El Gran Patron

Blue Ridge in distance

Cold, Snow, Ice; Warm, Melt, Flood!

Beyond the issue of cold & ice & snow

Is just how fast the melting will go

Seems to be a quick warming ahead

Which means, likely more soon dead

Mega-tons of snow melts, big ole flood

First ice slabs, then water, finally, mud

Sounds like more fun ahead for Buffalo

Still dragging dumbasses out of snow

Out west, drought & fires bake the soil

Now rain, soon w/ mudslides they'll toil

Monster snows in the mountains, too

We'll see what an avalanche can do!!

TrumpVirus death reports still low

Especially w/ ICU traffic sooo not slow

Unhealthy, unvaxed, denial & blame

Not my fault, issues remain the same

Too many people, most not smart

Pigs w/ the money, w/o a heart

But really, why help the overbreeders

Let the pope set up all the feeders

"Put your feed bag on, kids"

Your mom's a 'ho, dad's on the skids

Solar wind will stir mo' auroras

Quakes today, no real destroyers

Here, we could hit 50 degrees

New year, 60's are sure to please

Well... unless you got 4' of snow

And, we'll see how the floods will go

Today On Earth

First..

Rip off the ears

Then arms

Then legs

Proper toy prep..

So..do you think little Vlady

did donnie?..in their secret meetings

Or did donnie just blow him?

Warmth Slowly Oozes Back..

The nationwide arctic blast

Is close to being in the past

While up in Buffalo it still snows

Here, sun shines & up temp goes

By Friday, I could be playing golf

But, for now, not taking jacket off

New Year's Eve rain seems on the way

Maybe will be less stupid on display

verizon sucks, same as every day

Can't stream radio, still gotta pay

Only local issues w/ quakes today

NASA doing little asteroid play

Bouncing radio waves off it on flyby

To better understand if one draws nigh

A very close pass on 4-13-'29

Ways to deflect, hope to refine

TrumpVirus numbers still incomplete

In ICU's 1,000's off their feet

Likely their maker soon to meet

Or not, but, TDS* dead, semi-sweet!

Crescent moon near Saturn last night

Got Jupiter in its sight

Venus & Mercury nearly side by side

But, need binocs, or Mercury will hide

Both are very low, but Venus's bright

Clear skies, catch 'em in twilight

And, how does car get up on snow pile

Check pics & ponder for awhile..

Today On Earth

Still icy out there..

BE CAREFUL

Twisted little Vlady

Long cancer pain, most deserved!!

Share it w/ fat donnie..

Happy Boxing Day...& On & Off Earth

January 2023 - On & Off Earth

After a late year, literal, smack in the face from frigid Arctic air, our middle latitude world seems poised to kick off 2023 with a balmy breath of southern warmth. Whatever resolutions or goals you set for the new year be sure to include, willingness to adapt to sudden change to your list; change will remain the only guaranteed constant.

While the most obvious effects of living on a rather tilted planet are the large seasonal swings in both weather and hours of light and dark another, perhaps, less noticeable quirk of our tilted world are the changes in the path of the daytime sun relative to the evening moon and stars. The sun low during the day, the moon closer to overhead at night as we tilt away during the day but tilt toward the ecliptic path (our solar system’s plane) at night.

The low path of the pale, winter sun across the sky is likely the more obvious of the two. As we wind down 2022 and get ready to kick off the new year, step out for a early evening glance at the quarter moon near still bright Jupiter on Dec 29th and notice how high, nearly overhead, both are in the sky.

As 2023 begins, the moon waxes on, revolving toward the Full Wolf moon (in Gemini) on January 6th and showing off its overhead position over the long winter nights for the first couple of weeks of the month. The sun, while gradually extending the time it remains visible over the month, does so in a very low arc across the southern sky.

Another, somewhat local, quirk, now more easily visible with most of the vegetation gone, are the locations of the roads and rails, and towns they connect. Most larger cities and towns are located near waterways; that is not the case here. Louisa, Mineral, Gordonsville and Zion Crossroads are all on ridge-tops, perched atop a crest or divide between watersheds. 

Traveling on a divide means your path is relatively flat and requires crossing no costly, troublesome bridges to get you where you are going. Often, all over the Piedmont, when your road does cross a waterway it does so near an old mill and a ford (crossing). If you know where to look, an old road leads down to the old ford, often just downstream of the mill dam, easy to cross with a horse-drawn wagon, much more difficult in a car; hence, bridges were built.

With Lake Anna flooding all the mills along the North Anna River (including Holladay Mill, near my family’s ancestral home) you will, obviously, not notice the old fords. But, PLEASE, a WARNING, use extreme caution (no other traffic, very slow travel and, of course, you would never drive with a phone in your hand) during any attempts to notice that old roads veering away from the new roads and bridges. But, they are there!! 

If you venture out on the early evening of New Year’s Day (or eve) five celestial treats await. From southwest to southeast along the ecliptic: bright Venus, returning as the Evening Star, dimmer Saturn, bright Jupiter, the gibbous moon and bright, rusty Mars. Our view of the sun finds our star in Sagittarius as January begins, moving into Capricorn on the 20th.

This column, a little surprisingly, to me anyway, marks three years of sharing my passion for our amazing planet and the greater universe we sail through with readers of The Central Virginian. Thanks to Greg Dorazio, the Central Virginian and to readers out there for the continued support and comments. May the new year find you and your’s happy and healthy. And, bundle up, or not (anything can happen in January) and get out there and enjoy your planet.

Randy Holladay

Thoughts and comments: oldrockguy@gmail.com

The boys...

Happy Holladays!!!

A big WOOOO, it's not as cold

It's time for weather change foretold

I hope you're happy w/ family & friends

And, that soon peace transcends

But, not holding my breath on that one...

But, a day of gatherings & fun

Today On Earth

Somewhere, maybe

It's warm!!

It's Cold...Deep, Nasty Cold!

The winds died down, temps crashed

Let's just hope the ticks got trashed

And, in more Earth reality news

New bomb cyclone coming into view

In I-Ran they continue to kill & pray

But, allah no help w/ 5.1 quake today

TrumpVirus deaths missing most reports

Poor sad donnie coming dates w/ courts

Sunspots stable but solar wind roils on

Into upper lats, singing an aurora song

Winter is here & it feels that way

But, solar heating is underway

Time to head toward RVA

For a little Holladay play

Today On Earth

Christmas lighting in Norway

Thanks to Markus Varik

Dat Cyclone Is Da Bomb!!

Pressures have dropped to hurricane lows

Winds are raging..and down the temp goes

Flash freeze is what we got coming

Most of USA..in some serious bumming

For travelers, adaptability should be great

Today's word..ya just gonna have to..wait

Damn glad my house is mostly in ground

With this crazy wind whipping around

A bit of danger today just venturing out

Gonna be lots of stuff flying all about

Does low surface pressure affect quakes?

Probably not, but back to just minor shakes

TrumpVirus deaths continue to rise

601 more met their unvaxed demise

4,200+ currently in an ICU

Offered a vax, what else can ya do

Congress did their job, kept gov running

Even w/ stupid TDS* democracy gunning

Matty Gaetz, wanted teen girl per diem

M.T. Greene, space lasers.. she can see'um

Rand Paul & Bernie both on inane rant

What either gets done for us remains scant

Little vlady still bragging he's winning

But, his soldier pool continues thinning

Seems most of men that can hold a gun

Are leaving little vlady, on the run

At least..he has...potato

🥔

Sun still spotty but they're stable

Moon is New, to view, will not be able

Look for crescent tomorrow low SW

W/ Venus & Mercury, binocs best!!

Guess it's time to risk a walk

With a dog always on the stalk

Dodging stuff, I will be trying

Cuz the stuff... will be flying

Today On Earth

Hoppy Holladays

*TDS-TrumpDickSucker

You're a loser!!

No Hope In A Pope...Pedophile Joke!!

The asswipe pope read a letter last night

About what gives him such a fright

Bet he didn't mention..it's mostly his fault

As his breeding program, he won't halt

Guilt trip the rich to feed his poor

But, never mention to stop having more

BABIES.. that his believers won't feed

So, a cash give-away is what they need

But, no mention of contraception

And abortion gets a vile reception

But, both should be ubiquitous & free

Then perhaps change we would see

Can't wait for warming denier to say

What about this blizzard comin' our way

Well, mo-ron, that IS our climate change

Excess energy w/ a grand re-arrange

Bigger, longer more powerful storms

All year round, it's our new norms

But, face it, if in N. F. Dakota you dwell

You chose to live in winter's hell

Get on down to church & pray

For jesus to take the cold away

Just as likely as making 'merica great

By a man living on lies & hate

Trump'sVirus death toll; 1,000 more

Seeya, gone, shut da coffin door!

You believed the vax was so bad

But, like so much, you been had

Least the sun's quiet, moon near New

Semi-big shakes in Ghina & Peru

22 volcanoes on the list

Must be quiet, Hawai'i's missed

Just to our west, they got the ice

Here, just rain, but far from nice

Then it's cold, major deep freeze

Sure somebodies pipes will seize

Families will die from CO fumes

Trucks will crash, we just assumes

Hope Zelenskyy got more US cash

To battle little vlady, what a gash!!

Fight him there or fight him here

KGB asswipe has made that clear

Ghina w/ plans to grab Taiwan

What will they steal when it's all gone

Maybe come & steal vatican gold

Also, stolen w/ a con so old

Minor lull in the rain here

So, off to pickle, hope roads are clear

Today On Earth

It was a reunion at 

Obrighetto...LOL

The Winter Solstice

Today, the Winter Solstice remains the reason

For the semi-worldwide celebratory season

Deep into antiquity it was party time

Lately changed by greedy misogynist slime

This afternoon at 4:48

Earth's tilt hits on great

W/ the longest night & shortest day

Time to get a dog walk underway

N. Cali continues w/ the shakes

Seems..there were some minor breaks

Another 452 will never know

Which way the future will go

Got no vax, now they're dead

Mistake, listened to lying Punk'n Head

Let's hope DOJ will do its job

And, lock away that traitorous blob

Tiny crescent moon headed to New

Throw in clouds, today was last view

Til perhaps xmas eve sunset

Joining Mercury & Venus, binocs, get

Big rain, snow, ice & wind coming

Be some serious travel bumming

All pushed clear by an arctic blast

Seems into next week will last

More energy in a system full of CO2

But, burn & breed less we won't do

So..on the Earth will rage

How soon til it turns human page..

Dinosaurs never saw it coming

We do, but still greed & war slumming

In a 1,000 years, solstice will be today

Any humans to celebrate...

Earth will have the final say

And, we're already waaay too late

Today On Earth

Beech trees adapt..

Cold, With Even Colder to Come.. Cali Shaking!!

 Just off N. Cali coast 3 plates merge

Today, there was slippage, big rock surge

Mag. 6.4 today, 6.2 a year ago, same day

Hope they plan for a pre-solstice sway

Most everywhere else, it's just way cold

Even colder on 25th, it is foretold

'Tween now & then, seems to be rain

Sounds like winter, w/ Fall on the wane

Lovely little crescent in morning sky

In evening Jupiter & Mars riding high

New spot collection appearing on the sun

Looking to continue ongoing flaring fun

verizon service continues to suck

Want consistent service.. but outta luck

Bird scene, chowing on the seed

Refill suet, my(their?) current need

TrumpVirus numbers still incomplete

And, why is he still out on the street

Should be in jail, or even better, dead

Commit treason, it's off w/ your head

It's way past time

No real reason or rhyme

Why that traitorous slime

Ain't doin' hard time

Today On Earth

It's Poinsettia time!

Every year for 25+

Thanks Mom

Little Vlady

He, too, should be DEAD!

Gotta be a hit man..or woman

Looking to make a cool million

Or two..

Be easy to raise that w/

Go fund me "hit" account

LOCK HIM UP!!!

When ya try an overthrow, attempt a coup

It seems such a easy, logical thing to do

Lock up the leader, then a quick trial

Where, of course, he'll rant his denial

But, it's on video, got the text he sent

A gun & one bullet, he should be lent

Every day, a new bucket of fish heads

You decide donnie, 'nough lies said

No visitors, no appeals, no phone

Unmarked grave after you die alone

Same fate for traitors in the 1-6 attack

Or dumped far at sea in burlap sack

In happier news, Argentina v France

Slowish early but some futbol dance

Congrats to Argentina, no hand goal

Unlike in previous Cup that they stole

Outside, it's cold, gonna stay that way

Seems..at least until Boxing Day

We're gonna at least miss the snow

Late week, seems another rain show

Birds, at the feeders, chowing down

And, as usual, tree rats coming round

No TrumpVirus death reports for today

Likely another unvaxed 400, gone away

Few quakes today, none too big

Solar flares stirring up aurora jig

Hope for blue skies & solar heat

But, got more clouds, sun retreat

'Tis week of the solstice & in my house

First seasonal intruder, now dead mouse

Better go rebait & reset the traps

Seems protector snakes..winter naps

Deep woods living...

Today On Earth

Looks like this branch is lying flat

But, it is not, stuck upright-ish

Gravity never on break..

Breyer didn't care

Grabbed a chunk, started chewing

Cancer vs. little Vlady

Gotta root for cancer!!

Argentina V France: World Cup Final..

 Say no more...

Time for the match to begin

As my asshole neighbor turns the quiet of Sunday morning into a war zone

TrumpDickSucking assholes..

Texass Gets An Earth Karma Slap..Bayou, Too

In Texass, they take & take & take

Today, again, they got a reminder shake

Blowing up Earth, to suck out the oil

Then pumping salt water; Earth, a roil

At mag. 5.4, foundations did crack

Big oil quick to deny any science attack

But, stop saline pumping, no mo' quakes

You can lie but Earth punishes fakes

Like Louisiana, suck out water & oil

Ya get rapidly sinking coast & soil

Fill the Earth's atmosphere w/ CO2

Might get a tornado blowing thru

And, remember

It's December

So, blizzards, not really a surprise

'Cept for maybe the strength & size

New England still getting the snow

Plus, across warm lakes winds blow

TrumpVirus still killing 400+/day

Is it sad if GOP voters go away...:)

Fund the government? It's a maybe

Elected for that job, we will see..

The sun & spots are calm today

Building for new flare coming our way?

3rd place game already 1-1

(Now 2-1 at half)

So far, been wide open futbol fun

Futbol good, less so Qatar

Lotta glitter, still arab gutter

Little dick vlady still bombing away

Can't invade, no troops to play

But, is getting drones from I-Ran

Again, proof of evil, it is man

Mo-rons still buying donnie's con

All his "cards" sold; they gone

At $100 a pop

Proof, stupid just won't stop

At 8 billion & superstition rules

Problem: Earth don't suffer fools

Natural Selection still in play

For every creature, every day

It seems best to play it smart

From TDS*... just stay apart..

Today On Earth

Big props to Jimmy Fallon

Had a actual Friday live show

Then gave an electric bike

To everyone in the audience

Whoa!

Happy Holladays!!!

Kimmel & Colbert..at home

Slackin'

Big dog into the sunset

*TDS - TrumpDickSucker

You know they would

Given a chance

Probably even pay him..

Mo-rons

Verizon sucks so bad..

The Sun: The Good...& The Bad..

The solar heating is fine, tip-top

But, the flaring just won't stop

Blasts are ionizing our atmosphere

Short wave radios no longer clear

Rolling blackouts as we spin

Our star..always gets the win

The monster storm in now offshore

Still to north, more blizzards in store

Here it seems we'll have one warm day

Before arctic air will have final say

Then a cold week, w/ winter kick-off

Pickleball, yes; no way on the golf

Breyer stands out barking in the yard

Now laying, cuz standing's just too hard

A friend lost her sweet dog yesterday

Charlie...a fine, fine dog in every way

The sadness in giving a dog a try

One day.. you'll have to say goodbye:(

But, oh the joy, the fun, the romping

As thru the trails they go stomping

Such a good boy, nothing but joy!!

Round the Earth, no really big quake

And, in dixie, a day w/ a tornado break

The Irony: in land of warming denial

Cooking planet puts TDS* on trial

In heart of oil drilling & production

Eroding coast & trailer park reduction

LA's idiot (dumb..)senator Kennedy

Ignores truth, but fed money, gimme..

TrumpVirus remains very real

W/ another 640 TDS*...don't have to deal

Time for me to get out into semi-warm

Ahead of coming Canadian cold swarm

Today On Earth

Sir Charles

In pain no more

A very sweet boy!!

*TDS -TrumpDickSucker

I'm sure they're lining up for new con

Lying douche cards..$100... gone!!

donnie's gotta pay little vlady back..

cuz cash, ain't really gotta stack

???

W/ anorexic wife..is ronnie deSatan gay?

It's A Big One!!

We got the rain, ice & snow

We got a lotta raging tornado

A tornado outbreak in December

Not that I can really remember

Well, maybe there was last year

Still we don't think warming's here

But, it is, right here, right now

And, it's packing quite the pow!!

All storms need energy to go

We have added CO2 to help it stow

Extra solar radiation, can't get out

So..it's kicking our ass! No doubt!!

Still half of congress living in a lie

Litigate pet peeves, they gonna try

Ronnie deSatan, wants to sue: a vaccine?

Might be stupidest he's ever been

I'm gonna bet there's worse to come

Cuz let's face it, he's both evil & dumb

Big ole quake up the Aleutian way

And, Fuego is really blasting away

Solar flares knocking radios out

Yet, "donnie won" mo-rons still shout

But, actually heard on TV, a guy say

All blame should go the parent's way

Just a guy, tired of all the killing

And, to hear it said, was a'thrilling

Still no suggestion of easy solution

Of way to stop the breeding pollution

Free contraception, France's gonna try

As to Morocco, they waved bye bye

We all gonna change..or for certain

We humans..all gonna be hurtin'

Pope's solution, cut down on shoppin'

But, it's his fault, babies still dropping

Old guy in a robe, grossly obese

Contraception statement..he won't release

So, on the stupid continue to breed

Then whine..my babies I cannot feed

Well, don't have any more, dumbass

Today On Earth

Or just visit Malaysia

To see their limestone..

Vortex Of Destruction Swirls East

The monster storm oozes our way

Could be icy mess, who can say

Forecasters say, it will stay to west

So far this week they've not been best

Northern side has shut down the Plains

In dixie, w/ some trailer park re-claims

In the Valley, looking to be freezing rain

Here, hopefully, just cold but wet pain

I-Ran a new shake, prayers didn't work

Maybe hang another, allah gone beserk

Croatia looked slow, Argentina fast

So, the goals kept slipping past

Today it's France against the Moors

Who, so far, have let in few scores

Here, a pale sun in a snow-looking sky

Bad lighting, into window bird did fly

Big dog quickly out for a feathered treat

That rascal does like some avian meat

It's Hump Day, at LCHS, means popcorn

An old tradition, w/ poetry's been reborn

But, time to get frost off the car

Glad I ain't gotta go too far

Today On Earth

A cold sky...

Verizon...just sucks..