The Earth is still spinning around on its little axis. I guess that's good.

[talkingmime]

[NYC_SKP]

1. For most of the planet's peeps, the days are getting longer and spring is coming!

Also good, I think!

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. spinning really really fast...1040 mph......and we don't even sense it!

[talkingmime]

8. Maybe that's why the IRS picked that as the main form number.

[antiquie]

9. Only at the equator.

At the equator, the Earth's surface moves 40,000 kilometers in 24 hours. That is a speed of about 1040 miles/hr (1670 km/hr or 0.5 km/sec). This is calculated by dividing the circumference of the Earth at the equator (about 24,900 miles or 40,070 km) by the number of hours in a day (24). As you move toward either pole, this speed decreases to almost zero (since the circumference of the spinning circle at the extreme latitudes approaches zero).

[NRaleighLiberal]

10. but they get no dizzier at the equator than anywhere else....no sense of whatever speed

no matter where. thanks, gravity, I suppose!

[OneGrassRoot]

3. Yep, every day that's good news! :)

[lunatica]

4. And look at what it's spinning in!!

[Wait Wut]

5. The sun rose today!

At least it did here.

My cats were frisky way too early this morning, but I woke up laughing because of them.

My DIL posted something cute to her FB page that made me smile.

Always something. Always.

[OneGrassRoot]

6. Agreed.

We can always find something if we're willing to see it. Granted, that's not easy some days, but I'm always amazed by how people living in the most dire situations seem the most joyful. There's a lesson there.

[antiquie]

7. Yes, smiles from people in need

always make me count my blessings and quit whining (at least for a while).