June 2012
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The smell of earth after rain
is called Petrichor, and it is caused by Geosmin. Geosmin is an organic compound with the formula C12H22O. It’s produced by several classes of microbes, including cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) and actinobacteria (especially Streptomyces), and released when these microbes die. The human nose is extremely sensitive to geosmin and is able to detect it at concentrations as low as 5 parts per...
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Activate the Mechanism!: Christian Wants 'Buckeye'... →
abaldwin360: One Ohio Christian wingnut is not happy at all that Ohioans are nicknamed ‘Buckeyes’ or that Ohio State has a team by that name, and believes the state’s tree is unfit to represent him. Why? Because it’s bisexual. Writes Jim Flechtner to The Courier: SO WHAT ABOUT CARNATIONS? Something… Someone should ask this guy why he thinks God gave him nipples.
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#46 Romney Unsubstantiated Rumor
I heard Romney’s magic Mormon underwear are infused with the fibers of the first dollar he procured through vampire capitalism.
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Other Stuff: Corporate Feelings →
robertreich: Perhaps you’d expect no more from the Republican leader of the Senate who proclaimed three years ago that the GOP’s first priority was to get Obama out of the White House. But Senator Mitch McConnell’s speech Friday at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington is simply bonkers. The only reason I bring it up is because it offers an inside look at how the  Republican goal of...
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#45 Romney Unsubstantiated Rumor
I heard that Romney took credit for the surge of conservative voting in the Greek elections.
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#44 Romney Unsubstantiated Rumor
I heard Romney thought that a Kit Kat bar was one of those disreputable establishments and ear-muffed his kids when those commercials came on.
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#43 Romney Unsubstantiated Rumor
I heard Romney eats his hamburgers with a fork and knife.
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Me: Congratulations! Your site is now live!
Client: The site looks great! Google still says the site is under construction. Can we get rid of that.
Me: ...
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