The New Pornographers - Challengers: “Adventures In Solitude” is one of the best songs ever written, and the rest of the album holds up to it.
The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land: “Narayan” is the best song on the album, and it unfortunately gets less play than “Firestarter” or “Smack My Bitch Up” or “Breathe” or “Minefields”, all of which are excellent tracks in any case.
This showed up in the Announcements section in the Trib’s classified section:
AE Living Being speaking-
voicingz on Solar
Calendar 10th week
7th dae, year 2035
(January 1, 2009)
“…SupAErsAEdAEnz
WhrAEt…”
“…(Superseding Writ)…”
affirming confirming
“CORPORATION-S” is-are
non-eisting “ARTIFICIAL
BEING-S” therefore is-
are in fact void now as
in the beginning here- in
Godz Kingdom. Therefore
in face All “DEBT- Debt”
to- from- for- by
“CORPORATION-S” is-
are Void- “PAID IN FULL”
here- in All Encompassingz
Living Beingz- Godz Body-
Kingdom
If you thought about a white Christmas, Hawaii would probably be the furthest from your mind. Bring it closer, because Hawaii has a white Christmas this year!
It’s a bit foggy at the summit of Mauna Kea but there is currently snow up there, as you can see in this picture from one of the webcams at Subaru:
Snow on Mauna Kea, as captured by the Subaru Telescope webcam.
The National Weather Service currently has a Winter Weather Advisory in place for Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, stating “expect rime icing of less than one quarter inch…along with snow accumulatino of one half inch or less.”
There is no such thing as clean coal. You can scrub all of the CO2 out of the emissions all you want, but you’ll still be left with coal ash, be it fly ash from the emissions or bottom ash from the furnace. You need to do something with this ash, and although it can be used in road paving or cement, it’s often just piled up and stored somewhere. And it’s not just ash — it’s actually more radioactive than nuclear waste and has high levels of arsenic, amongst other toxic chemicals.
Here’s what happens when a retaining wall breaks and coal ash pollutes a river:
This is video from yesterday. That grey sludge poured into tributaries of the Tennessee River. You can read more about it at knoxvillebiz and tennessean.com.
Next time you hear an advert about clean coal, or someone tries to tell you that clean coal technology is a good replacement for burning oil, remember this post.
Two more “small” explosions occurred early this morning (1 AM) on UH-Hilo’s Main Campus. One was in the dorm area, and another by Life Sciences/PB13-14 area. There were no injuries and no property damage.
A third un-exploded devise was found by Life Sciences/PB13-14. This has been closed off by Hawaii County Police, and NO ONE is allowed to enter this area. Explosive experts have been contacted and expect to be on campus around 8:30 this morning to remove this devise. Once the “All Clear” is given, this area will again be accessible, and the barriades will be taken down.
CAMPUS OPERATIONS ARE CONTINUING AS NORMAL.
These devises are dangerous when they explode, and make a loud “bang”. If you see any “suspicious” bottles, DO NOT DISTURB IT, AND CALL CAMPUS SECURITY IMMEDIATELY AT 974-7911. If you have any seen anything or anyone or have any information regarding these devises, please call Campus Security.
Thank you and stay safe.
My first thought: dry ice bomb. This has pretty much been confirmed by a co-worker.
Perl would be Voodoo - An incomprehensible series of arcane incantations that involve the blood of goats and permanently corrupt your soul. Often used when your boss requires you to do an urgent task at 21:00 on friday night.
You cannot believe how many goats I’ve had to sacrifice over the past six years.
In the last couple of months I took two sets of friends up to the summit of Mauna Kea. I’m always sure to explain all of the hazards that come with being at 14,000 feet, but given I was the one driving I probably didn’t fully explain the hazards of getting to and from 14,000 feet.
Last night Tom was coming down Mauna Kea and came across an overturned truck. Like he says, it’s a good thing this crash didn’t happen about a mile further down the road, as that’s where when you go off the side you keep going and going and going…
Living up in Volcano, away from civilization, we rely on catchment for our water. In our back yard is what looks like a pool with a cover on it. That’s our catchment tank, which is hooked up to the gutters on our roof. Rain comes off our roof and ends up in our catchment tank, where it’s then pumped into our house. We have three sediment filters and a UV filter to make the water safe to use.
Since we live in Volcano, the rain is acidic. Sulfur dioxide from Kilauea mixes with water in the air to give the rainwater a slight tinge of sulfuric acid. This means that the water coming into our house is slightly acidic. When that reacts with the copper pipes, we get copper sulfate, and it turns our bathtub blue.
Which brings me to today’s basic job. To counteract the acidity in the water I periodically add some baking soda to the tank. Today was three boxes mixed with hot water, dumped right into the catchment tank. See what I mean by basic?
There’s only a couple of weeks left in 2008, so it’s the perfect time to let everybody vote on the 2008 Baddest Baby Name! This year we have seven Bad Baby Names that made the cut.
First up we have Xzavyer. Xzavyer beat out a strong crowd of contenders, including Chardanay Unique, Zhairae, and ReiLey. That was a bumper crop and Xzavyer was the worst of the bunch.
Adnilam was a reversed Bad Baby Name. Bad both coming and going.
I’ve already received awesome commentary by picking Aiz’n Soljah Boy as the Bad Baby Name for May 12th. Someone names their kid Aiz’n Soljah Boy and I’m the “fucking retard”?
Tullimwar KS Jr. Casio came along in another one of those bumper crop of Bad Baby Names.
Sometimes Bad Baby Names grow on you. I know at least one person who doesn’t think Abcde is all that bad. But the more time goes on, the more I think Kayciance Clarita-jayne is a horrible name.
