At 5pm CT it was south by southwest, about 30 degrees up. Here the temperature this morning was below 0F (way below 0C, proving Europeans are wimps 
), so I’m pretty sure Earth is not inside the orbit of Venus. And I came up with a perfectly reasonable and scientific reason it appears that way, but crossing orbits gives it that Velikovskian touch so missing in modern astronomy.
<head scratches; tilted head quizzical look> 
<schween! !LIGHTBULB! schween!>
Albuquerque!
See, I can do it to:cool:
:D;)
I was thinking the same thing. It seems to have swung to the south much more than possible. And even stranger, the Max Elongation doesn’t occur until Jan. 12
Something’s going on.
whoa, rough day, my apologies to dropzone, I fell asleep midpost, must have hit submit while dozing. I meant to also say, your post seems disjointed and lacking sufficient information for a cogent response. For some of us anyway.
It was three freaking lines! This is fully-jointed for me? Even I can (usually) hold it together that long! 
Venus, unexectedly high.
While I have been previously drawn to Venus, unexpectedly high to the northwest, I never really thought it was any closer than usual that time. Just saw it as a possible source of UFO sightings. As it is, I have Wife, with a constant planetary chart in her head.
“Have you seen where Venus is?”
“No, but I know where it is. Ain’t it cool?”
Never marry someone smarter than you.
well, you listed a position, then jumped to temperature, then back to the orbit of venus, considering that I fell asleep midpost, my trouble understanding your OP is on me, even if it didn’t seem like it at the time. When I woke, and saw what had happened, well, my first truncated post read a bit on the assholish side.
now he tells me!
Wouldn’t that mean virtually everybody would be single?
Without your latitude there’s no way to comment on whether your observation makes sense or not.
We’re heading for Venus
And still we stand tall
'Cause maybe they’ve seen us
And welcome us all
With so many light years to go
And things to be found
I’m sure that we’ll all miss her so
It’s the final countdown
Thanks Gyrate, now I’ve got “doodle-loo-do, doodle-loo-do-do” running in my head.
My assembly team and I always requested that song from the local radio station on their 80’s Night every Friday, right after we came back from our final break. Doodle-loo-do-do-do-do.
It’s always aliens with you. And that guy.
41°52′34″N 88°0′54″W. Or so.
Velikovsky and Mars are alright tonight.
Oh, did the Velokovsky reference confuse people other than you? This is the Dope, campers. Read a book.
My first split-second reaction was “Cool, if Venus crashes into the Earth that’ll solve a lot of our problems!” Followed immediately by “Naah, never happen, darn it.”
Never be afraid to think big!
But there’s nothing wrong with ideating the death of you, everyone you know, everyone else, and every other species on the planet. And the planet. Or is there? I might need a new shrink. 