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The Plankton is Dying

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeTs0S5dppw] Steven Segal's character Forrest Taft in the 1994 film On Deadly Ground (Segal's directorial debut) gives a four minute long speech against oil companies. It was originally 11 minutes long but supposedly test audiences nearly rioted and he was forced to cut it back.

Anyway, Segal has me convinced. I'll get the pitch forks. You drive.  Watch out BP, We rollin'!

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"I Personally Guarantee that the Cleveland Cavaliers Will Win an NBA Championship Before the Self-Titled Former 'King' Wins One"

Cleveland Cavaliers majority owner Dan Gilbert's forceful open letter to fans.

If you thought we were motivated before tonight to bring the hardware to Cleveland, I can tell you that this shameful display of selfishness and betrayal by one of our very own has shifted our "motivation" to previously unknown and previously never experienced levels.

I like that the letter was written in comic sans.

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Drowning is Almost Always a Deceptively Quiet Event

In movies drowning people are always splashing around, waving frantically and yelling loudly. In reality, "drowning is almost always a deceptively quiet event." According to this, that person who appears to be quietly treading water might actually be drowning. A human body's instinctive response to drowning is something like this:

  1. Except in rare circumstances, drowning people are physiologically unable to call out for help. The respiratory system was designed for breathing. Speech is the secondary or overlaid function. Breathing must be fulfilled, before speech occurs.
  2. Drowning people’s mouths alternately sink below and reappear above the surface of the water. The mouths of drowning people are not above the surface of the water long enough for them to exhale, inhale, and call out for help. When the drowning people’s mouths are above the surface, they exhale and inhale quickly as their mouths start to sink below the surface of the water.
  3. Drowning people cannot wave for help. Nature instinctively forces them to extend their arms laterally and press down on the water’s surface.

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Sunny Side Up Days

It's so hot today in New York that you could fry an egg on the sidewalk, kind of like what artist Henk Hofstra did in Leeuwarden, Netherlands a couple years ago.

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