Fun Fact Friday - Side Order of Uranus

Hello, dear reader! I hope you're enjoying the end of this year. I hear 2014 will have 50% more naked time for you. I, myself, am moving to a nudist colony, so I expect a substantial increase in naked time as well. You may be saying, "But Jes, it's December. And I happen to know you live in a colder clime." I applaud what could be considered your somewhat creepy attention to the details of my life, dear reader. But I find winter in New England is the perfect time to move to a nudist colony. I've never been very good at volleyball, so it is nice to enjoy the indoor activities I imagine nudists occupy their time with. Like Monopoly! And reading fine literature while eating finger sandwiches.

But it's cool if you stand in front of the bushes and masturbate. Don't worry.

Nudist colonies aside, I have the final fun fact of 2013 for you today, dear reader. And I have even put on my party galoshes for such a fine occasion.

Fun fact: Uranus is the only planet that rotates on its side.

Uranus is really lovely this time of night.

I hope you find this fact useful for formulating somewhat immature, but informed, space pickup lines. "Are you wearing space pants?" is a beautiful and well-crafted line because your ass certainly is out of this world, but I find that I yearn to have more fact-founded flirtations. Maybe by the time 2014 comes along, I will have thought of something more elegant than "I hope Uranus rotates on my side." I'm not even sure how that hopes to be sexy. I'll work on it.

Perhaps the fact that Uranus was the first planet discovered with a telescope is a better flirtatious fact. "I wish I had a telescope, because I'd like to get a closer look at Uranus..." That has a certain cachet, I think. Feel free to try and get lucky with either of those, but I encourage you to craft your own. I'd love to hear anything you come up with. I hear nudists love planetary pickup lines.

And I hope these Uranus facts bring you the confidence you need in the coming year, dear reader. Giving people more space has never been so easy.