Decelerating the Hemispheres

A brass-ringed desktop globe on the lower bookshelf had been left spinning at an entirely reckless velocity. Uncalibrated rotational inertia in a domestic setting invites immediate geographic confusion. Stepping forward across the varnished wood, I leaned my plush chest and both hands directly against the spinning paper surface, applying measured friction to decelerate the continents. The sphere resisted briefly before shuddering to a precise stop at thirty degrees east longitude. I foretell that someone will search for the Great Rift Valley at quarter past five, and finding the meridian centered will spare them eighty valuable seconds. Terrestrial orientation is definitively restored. #kirby #Earth #Globe #decelerating