# I saw the most awesome thing tonight **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 29, 2002, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497 "2002-12-29T13:05:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dumbguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dumbguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dumbguy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/21 "2002-12-31T00:50:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yosemitebabe \* > **…I’d be up in the ceramics dept.of Glendale College…** I took a beginning ceramics class there, but it was at 7:00 am, so I don’t remember any sunsets. Just crooked vases and lots of coffee. LA is an ugly city much of the time, but driving past downtown during the holidays is always striking. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/22 "2002-12-31T01:02:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gangster Octopus \* > \*\*[Found it.](http://a1022.g.akamai.net/f/1022/8158/5m/www.latimes.com/media/photo/2002-11/5620157.jpg) \*\* would make a nice postcard. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/23 "2002-12-31T01:10:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\* … I turned to see what everyone was looking at, and there was San Fransisco glistening atop the hill, framed by a fog enshrouded Golden Gate Bridge. Breathtaking. Simply breathtaking. \*\* When I went to visit SF in December '00, we went to this boat party. Bunch of DJ’s spinning on this boat that goes around the Bay for a few hours. The sight of the City, all lit up and framed by the posts of the Golden Gate Bridge made me say “Yes. I am staying here.” (Okay so that wasn’t THE determining factor, but that is The Moment when I decided to move to San Francisco.) Also, one night in late March or early April of '01, in Gilroy CA, I saw the Northern Lights. We were on a 900 acre ranch with no city/street light for miles and miles… I saw the most amazing green/red/purple shimmering curtains of light in the sky. I swear, I could _hear_ them chiming. It was eerily beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/24 "2002-12-31T01:36:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*I’m thinking Indepence Day here. \*\* Something like that… minus the aliens. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/25 "2002-12-31T02:47:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoe \* > \*\*jackelope, that photograph is fantastic! Have others commented that the buildings look like headstones? \*\* Yikes! Nope, no one had. And in fact, it hadn’t occurred to me, either. But you’re absolutely right; they sure do. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/26 "2003-01-03T06:25:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dumbguy \* > I took a beginning ceramics class there, but it was at 7:00 am, so I don’t remember any sunsets. Just crooked vases and lots of coffee. Oh my gosh! A fellow GCC student! Who was your teacher? Kibler? Poore? Bruce? ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497/27 "2003-01-03T07:26:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cardinal \* > \*\*How many people are going to get a Tom T-Bone Stankus reference? \*\* _Some girl with psychic power, she said, “T-Bone, what’s your sign?” I blink and answer, “Neon!” I thought I’d blow her mind. She’s reading Moby Dick by some fruitcake named Herman, She’s chomping on a knockwurst, was the duchess really German? You ask so many questions, what answers should I choose? Is this really Butte, Montana, or just existential blues?_ T-Bone…my hero! 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-the-most-awesome-thing-tonight/145497.md?page=1)