TV Glow
How come whenever you look at a house where they’re watching TV with the lights off, the television glow is always blue?
———- from Teresa Fullinwider of Pittsburgh, PA
Anything black and white shows up as blue on a TV screen. People are mostly watching re-runs at the time of night you’re out there prowling around their homes. Plus, the bushes you’re looking through may filter the light, favoring the blue end of the spectrum. Could be you’re wearing dark glasses, to avoid being recognized the next day. As if they can’t see the freak behind those foster grants, hunkered down, a lonely voyeur at his rounds. To you, the Mexican cable channel Ultravision would seem monochromatic, a study in blue. Blah, blah, blah, sales pitch. Buy Dr. Science goodies. Support this crazy venture that has no other means of income. Visit the web-store at http://www.drscience.com/store.htm. Tell your friends. It’s too hot in the lab to think of anything clever to say.
Anything black and white shows up as blue on a TV screen. People are mostly watching re-runs at the time of night you’re out there prowling around their homes. Plus, the bushes you’re looking through may filter the light, favoring the blue end of the spectrum. Could be you’re wearing dark glasses, to avoid being recognized the next day. As if they can’t see the freak behind those foster grants, hunkered down, a lonely voyeur at his rounds. To you, the Mexican cable channel Ultravision would seem monochromatic, a study in blue. Blah, blah, blah, sales pitch. Buy Dr. Science goodies. Support this crazy venture that has no other means of income. Visit the web-store at http://www.drscience.com/store.htm. Tell your friends. It’s too hot in the lab to think of anything clever to say. 