tvashtarkatena

gee, I didn't know he was a butt pirate I didn't know he was Italian, either.

This hole thread is one of the most assinine in the anals of spray. The crap that’s been sliding down the pipe isn’t exactly making me fall off my stool. It’s excretiating to read. But why waste my time dooking it out over this corny shit? I’ll pass. I just need to eliminate it from my daily pile of to doos. Empty out my logs. I don’t give a squat if any of you rebutt or dump on me. If any of you continue to make cracks, I'll just stand firm and turn the other cheek.

I encountered thermogenesis this morning when the Thai chilis I dined on last night resurfaced for a encore.

Jesus, will you guys keep it DOWN over here? I can't hear myself think up my next ass joke...

Prove it.

That's better. I would't want to have to call tech support on yo ass.

Sounds like she has no trouble forcing a round peg into a square hole when required.

You have a thematically stuck needle today.

You'd have to consult Professor Von Kevbone on that. I believe he is the principal investigator. Perhaps he can also tell us what the hell a 'genital box' is.

I took more effort to force that joke, I'd wager. I only resort to 'ewe-genics' during those rare moments when my head is not up my own ass...

Nihilism Noir

I'll bet you $20 you won't keep it for long...

Why is my head shaped like an upended shoe box? I'd like to know...

According to the author, the idea of modern ocean acidification due to man made it to scientific center stage around 2003, after earlier studies were finally published. In any case, it doesn't matter. The idea is new to some of the concerned readership here, and the article, a well written and comprehensive presentation, is worthy of a strong recommendation.

"I knew that dame was trouble the minute she walked inta my office with a Benson and Hedges between her fingers, an envelope stuffed with dough half fallin' outta her handbag, and a look in her eyes that could kill a stiff all over again..."

That recent Sciam article dealt with an entirely different extinction mechanism: the buildup of hydrogen sulfide producing organisms due to warming (stinky!) This article deals with acidification when atmospheric carbon is released more quickly than it can be buffered by the oceans. This did occur 55 million years ago, but it was a different event than the 5 you're referring to. That event acidified the oceans and wreaked some havoc, but it happened slowly enough for the oceans to buffer a good part of the carbon. Not today. We're adding carbon to the atmosphere so fast than ocean buffering, which happens on the scale of ocean recirculation currents (thousands of years) isn't even a factor in the equation. So many extinction mechanisms, so little time...

In case you're not depressed enough: Good article in the latest New Yorker by Elizabeth Kolbert on how rapid acidification of the ocean from greenhouse gases will eventually wipe out most zooplankton, which will in turn take down most of the marine food chain. Worth buying or borrowing the issue copy for. It's not posted, unfortunately.

Somebody's neural synapses have a stuck needle...

"Waterheater" A wife's demonic transformation when the waterheater goes out in the dead of winter...

God rides a long board?

Charlie don't eat shwarma.

Ce-re-be-llum! It's a cerebe-llum so have a go-od time... BTW, has the CIA caught Al-Medulla yet?

You took it out of context. The whole paragraph sounds even dumber.

If your pons would ease up on your medulla, your reticular formation might not droop so much and your cerebellum might get it's color back.

I pray to Laird Hamilton