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That is one theory among many. It remains to be seen exactly how that works.

Most of the carbonic acid off-gasses in your stomach as CO2 and you belch it up. So, I'd say as long as there isn't a ton of sugar, and talking rain qualifies, it should hydrate you just fine.

They Couged it again against UCLA. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

My wife talked me into going to Seattle Childrens Theater to see Seussical. We were treating a couple of disadvantaged youngsters to the show. One of them is deaf. The theater had a pair of excellent ASL translators on stage who did a marvelous job. I enjoyed watching them myself. I couldn't believe how much I enjoyed this show. If you have kids and you want to take them to a live show where you will enjoy it too, this is it. Seattle Children's Theater

I say back to Ballard. How about the Korthaus?

An epic struggle...must resist...urge to eat a second donut...must fight it...noooooo!

It's an interesting graph showing approval ratings versus time in relation to terror alert events. Similar to what I was postulating but not exactly what the Olberman article was referring to. You have first the news story such as on Karl Rove, then you have the dip in approval rating, then you have the terror alert, then finally the corresponding rise in approval rating. Reminds me of the boy who cried wolf.

The Olberman article would have had much greater impact with graphics. You could plot a timeline with the date of political embarrassments denoted by a blue bar. The corresponding terror alert would be denoted by an orange bar. To be fair, you'd have to plot ALL the political embarrassments and All the terror alerts. The problem would be defining the threshold for political embarassment.

I know! Donuts!

The next disaster will be man-made. Either a terrorist attack or a big oil spill.

Black holes are much more serious than gold diggers.

Blasphemers!

Maybe she got the lab assistant she wanted to hire.

You'll need to swap your velcro mitts for ones made of asbestos.

Chances are you are a super taster . We are all born to dislike bitter foods. Some learn to like them and others don't.

Orwell's novels are as subtle as a 2x4. He's a much better essayist. Huxley was a better novelist. I also find Huxley's concept of the state gaining power by infantisizing the populace much more relevant to todays world. Speaking of 2x4s, Ayn Rand was far worse.

Orwell, didn't write to "satisfy" people. He wrote to make people think.

Admit it. You came up with the Orwell quote whilst googling "ducks and drakes". There, I just gave an example of how we are mangling the English language by constantly inventing new verbs where existing one can suffice.

You can tell from the picture that the correct location of the axel hole is up and to the left of where it was placed.

Every sperm is sacred - Monty Python There are Jews in the world, there are Buddhists, There are Hindus and Mormons and then, There are those that follow Mohammed, But I've never been one of them... I'm a Roman Catholic, and have been since the day I was born, And the one thing they say about Catholics, Is they'll take you as soon as you're warm... You don't have to be a six-footer, You don't have to have a great brain, You don't have to have any clothes on - You're a Catholic the moment dad came... because... Every sperm is sacred, every sperm is great, If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate. Every sperm is sacred, every sperm is great, If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate. Let the heathen spill theirs, on the dusty ground, God shall make them pay for each sperm that can't be found Every sperm is wanted, every sperm is good, Every sperm is needed in your neighbourhood. Hindu, Taoist, Mormon, Spill theirs just anywhere, But God loves those who treat their Semen with more care. Every sperm is sacred, every sperm is great, If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate. Every sperm is sacred, Every sperm is good, Every sperm is needed, In your neighbourhood. Every sperm is useful, every sperm is fine, God needs everybody's, Mine And mine And mine Let the Pagan spill theirs, O'er mountain, hill and plain, God shall strike them down for Each sperm that's spilt in vain. Every sperm is sacred, every sperm is good, Every sperm is needed in your neighbourhood. Every sperm is sacred, every sperm is great, If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate

All three religions spring from the same roots.

Double entendre. Good one!

Reports that quake victims in Pakistan were adhering rigidly to the Ramadan fast strikes me as an erroneous interpretation of religious law, or at least at odds with my personal belief that life should come before devotion. My recollection of Jewish and Christian teaching is that there are rational exceptions for observance of the sabbath and other holidays. Not being religious myself, I have hard time understanding people who don't put their own survival first.

Really Old Noodles

You'd think it would be preferable to more children, wouldn't you?