AtDDtA1: "Sightings"

Dave Monroe against.the.dave at gmail.com
Thu Jan 25 17:50:31 CST 2007


I was thinking, but ... well, maybe "halo" nails it, at that ...

On 1/25/07, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> St. Elm's fire seems about right to me.
>
> galvanic \gal-VAN-ik\, adjective:
> 1. Of, pertaining to, or producing a direct current of electricity,
> especially when produced chemically.
> 2. Affecting or affected as if by an electric shock; startling; shocking.
> 3. Stimulating; energizing.
>
>
> On 1/25/07, Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > 2007/1/25, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>:
> > > (AtD, Pt. I, Ch. 2, p. 19)
> > >
> > > "galvanic halo"
> > >
> >
> > St. Elmo's fire maybe?
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elmo's_fire



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