Clouds

Cloud watching might just be the perfect lollygaggers activity. There is not a designated location, time or dress code for this sport. Words like intermittent, partly and interval are used to describe cloud cover and radar maps display brilliant colors of greens, pinks, reds and yellows. You can get academic and learn the proper names or you can see your favorite dog, zoo animal or Disney character floating overhead. Georgia O'Keefe clouds grace the skies of New Mexico and clouds are featured in art world wide. For $4.00 you can join the International Cloud Appreciation Society based in the United Kingdom. You won't be expected to attend a meeting, but you get a badge and a certificate and I'm providing a link to their cool web-site on the right!

According to the November 23, 2009 issue of Time magazine, members of the previous mentioned society are considering the clouds pictured above as a new formation. The undulatus asperatus is described as an "ominous-looking formation resembling a rolling seascape" and Time listed this discovery as 49th of the "50 Best Inventions of the Year" for 2009. I'm confused, is the cloud formation itself the invention or is the discovery and naming of said formation the invention? It will be interesting to see how this news is handled by society members and if the cloud formation is the winner does that make God the inventor?