So I’m out in the dunes tonight with my son and his friends and they start talking about the stars. I’m a tiny bit of an astronomy geek.. it’s one of the things that I find most humbling in life. So I start trying to point out different stars, constellations, etc. You’d be shocked at how difficult it is to point out a particular star in a clear desert night sky no less a place with light pollution or partial skies. And then BAM! I realized that I have a GREEN LASER in my freaking pocket! I carry this flashlight around every night. I think it’s actually a great light. And I’ve gotten use of the blacklight a lot of times. Super handy for seeing small pieces of broken glass on a floor when you’re trying to clean up after something breaks or charging up something that you want to glow…. But I always kind of wondered what I would practically use the laser for other than fucking with my neighborhood out my window at night. Well, for anyone who knows astronomy, you may know that green lasers are the absolute bomb. If you do know this, you know more than I did. Now I know what you know. They project such a clear beam for as far as the eye can see.
So I guess what I’m trying to say here is:
1. I finally had my moment! My flashlight made me look as cool as it makes me feel when I hold it in my hand at night (probably mildly cool)
2. Buy this flashlight because you obviously need another flashlight
3. Make it your mission to learn 20 constellations and then teach them to other people. And each time you do, whip out your bad boy, shoot your green laser at the sky, and just relish the ooooooooohhs and aaaaaaaaahhs that will come next
by MoonShark3000
